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| the whole crust and the upper most portion of the mantle |
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| the outermost portion of the earths solid lithosphere, seperated from the upper most mantle & the lower lithosphere by the moho interface |
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| a concept that states that sedimentary rocks and some extrusive igneous rocks, such as lava flows, form in horizontal layers parallel to earths surface |
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| the bends in layered rock due to movement in the lithosphere: a type of deformed rock |
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| rock layers that are offset or displaced along a type of crack |
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| raised up, as in a mountain building up |
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| a natural, rapid shaking of the lithosphere caused when rocks are displaced due to the release of energy stored in rocks, most caused by the rapid movement along the faults, but also associated with other events, like the volcanic eruptions |
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| the place on the earths surface lying directly above the focus, or the origin of the earthquake |
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| the energy waves given off by an earthquake; also called earthquake waves |
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| the waves in earthquakes that travel through earths interior and cause particles through which they travel to vibrate in the direction the waves are moving, the fastest of all the earthquake waves |
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| earthquake waves that move through the earths interior and cause particles through which they travel to vibrate @ right angles to the direction of the waves motion, will only travel through solids, also called secondary waves. |
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| very fast and very large wavelength ocean wave or waves produced by impact events and disturbances of the ocean floor caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or landslides; tsunamis can become very high and cause much wave damage near ocean shores |
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| a mount or mountain composed of extrustive igneous rocks |
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| the giving off of gases, lava and/or lava rock onto the earths surface or onto the atmosphere through the opening or vent of a volcano |
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