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9 Cards in this Set
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Hot Spot
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A place in the upper mantle of the Earth's crust where magma wells up and forms a volcano.
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Vent
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The weak area in rock through which magma can escape.
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Lava
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The extremely hot, melted rock that pours out of an erupting volcano.
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Crater
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A bowl-shaped landform made when an object hits a planet's or moon's surface or when a volcano erupts.
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Cinder-cone volcano
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A steep-sided volcano built up from eruptions of rock, cinders, and ash
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Shield volcano
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A wide, rounded volcano formed by very fluid lava over time.
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Composite volcano
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A steep-sided volcano built up from eruptions of both cinders and lava.
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Geothermal energy
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Heat energy that comes from Earth's interior and can be used to heat buildings or generate electricity.
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Dike
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A mass of rock that formed when magma flowed into a crack in another rock, then cooled.
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