Spelling Module 4 Flashcards
without fear; not afraid; daring
Fearless
never seeming to grow older (without age)
Ageless
without harm; will not hurt you
Harmless-
without rest; constantly agitated
Restless
without sleep
Sleepless
move from place to place
Migrate
the act or process of moving from place to place
Migration
a person who moves INTO the country (United States)
Immigrant
the act or process of moving INTO a country
Immigration
volcanic explosion or large flow of lava
Eruption
idea that earth’s crust consists of plates that once fit together but now are drifting apart
Plate tectonics theory
giant wave created by underwater plate movement
Tsunami
process in which the ocean floor is made bigger when 2 plates move apart (think underwater volcanoes)
Sea floor spreading
made liquid by heat; Sometimes magma is forced upward toward the earth’s surface. This molten rock can melt the rock around it, turning it into liquid.
Molten
rising in a great wave; thin, hot, quick-moving lava forms a smooth billowy surface
Billowy
huge depression formed by a collapsed volcano; A huge crater, called a caldera, formed
Caldera
made up of different substances or parts; most of the volcanoes in the world are composite or strato-volcanoes
Composite
one of seven very large landmasses on Earth
Continent
scientific study of earthquakes
Seismology