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19 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 features related to volcanoes?
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Geysers, hot springs, fumaroles
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Involve superheated water (old faithful)
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geysers
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hot water at the surface
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hot springs
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vents, volcanic gasses.
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fumaroles
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yellowstone is a __?
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super volcano
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what are the 3 types of volcanic cones?
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shield, composite, cinder
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large type of cone with quiet eruptions and basaltic lavas
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shield
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Smaller type of cone with explosive Rhyolitic or Andesitic lavas?
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composite
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also called a "stratovolcano"?
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composite
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the smallest type of volcanic cones. Has a single event
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cinder
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plate tectonics is __ __?
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continental drift
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the Earth's crust is comprised of these two plates?
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continental, oceanic
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what are the 3 types of plates?
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divergent junctions, convergent junctions, transform junctions
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In this type of plate, plates separate, rift valleys form, and mid ocean ridges develop
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divergent junctions
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in this type of plate, plates collide, ocean trenches develop "ring of fire"
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convergent junctions
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in this type of plate, plates slide past each other and offset ridges
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transform junctions
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95% of vulcanism is associated with ?
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plate junctions
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plates move together
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convergence
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plates move away
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divergence
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