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15 Cards in this Set
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excavate
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to remove earth or soil by digging or scooping out
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catastrophe
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a terrible disaster or accident, especially one that leads to great loss of life
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chaos
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a state of complete disorder and confusion
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disaster
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an event that causes serious loss, destruction, hardship, unhappiness, or death
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survivor
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someone/something that manages to stay alive or continues to exist, especially in difficult situations
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nature
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the physical world including all natural phenomena and living things
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fury
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anger, rage
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challenge
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a test of somebody’s abilities or a situation that tests somebody’s abilities in a stimulating way
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geyser
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a hot spring that boils and erupts hot water and steam
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hot spring
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a pool or spring that forms when water seeps down through rocks, is heated by magma or hot rock and then rises to the surface
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volcano
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an opening in Earth out of which melted rock and gases sometime erupt
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volcanologists
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scientists who study volcanoes
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caldera
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a large volcanic depression, commonly circular or elliptical when seen from above, caused by a volcano collapsing into itself
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crater
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a funnel-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
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dome
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a steep-sided mound that forms when viscous (thick like honey) lava piles up near a volcanic vent (opening at the surface)
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