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Earth Science—Vocabulary: Chapter 2
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Complete the following vocabulary log for each key term or concept from Chapter 2:
Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Geologist
Geoscientist
Crust
Oceanic crust
Continental crust
Mantle
Core
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
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Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Lithospheric plate
Convergent plate
boundary
Divergent plate
boundary
Transform
boundary
Plate tectonics
Volcano
Magma
Lava
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift valley
(give both
definitions)
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Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Hot spot
Seamount
Earthquake
Earthquake
(seismic) wave
Focus (plural: foci)
Epicenter
Global positioning
system (GPS)
Density
Thermal convection
Subduction
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Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Igneous rock
Basalt
Subduction zone
Rift
Trench
Hydrothermal vent
Batholith
Continental
accretion
Suture zone
Fossil
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Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Fold
Pangea
Supercontinent
Paleomagnetism
Contour line
Contour interval
Topographic map
Relief
Silica
Viscosity
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Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Shield volcano
Composite cone
(stratovolcano)
Caldera
Lava tube
Pyroclastic flow
Lahar
Tephra
Volcanic bomb
Lapilli
Ash
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Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Acid rain
Seismologist
Fault
Shear strength
Elastic deformation
Elastic rebound
Friction
Fault plane
Primary wave
(P wave)
Secondary wave
(S wave)
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Word/Concept
Definition
Example or
Illustration
Location in book
(Section/Page #)
Surface wave
Seismometer
(seismograph)
Seismogram
Shadow zone
Seismic tomography
Modified Mercalli
scale
Resonance
Tsunami
Liquefaction
Richter scale
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