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30 Cards in this Set
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Volcano
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A Vent In The Earth's Surface That Oftin Forms A Mountain Built Of Lava And Volcanic Ash, Which Erupts And Builds Up.
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Vent
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An Opening In Earth's Surface Through Which Can Flow Lava,Ash, Cinders, Smoke,And Steam.
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Crater
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The Steep-Walled Depression At The Top Of A Volcanic Vent.
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Pacific Ring Of Fire
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The Area Around The Pacific Plae Where Volcanoes And Earthquakes Are Common Due To Tectonic Movement.
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Hot Spot
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Area's In Earth's Mantle That Are Hotter Than The Neighboring Areas,Forming Melted Rock That Rises Toward The Crust.
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Geothermal Energy
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Thermal Energy From Magma Bodies Inside Earth That Can Be Used To Produce Electricity With Very Little Environmental Pollution.
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Hot Dry Rock <HDR>
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A New Technology In Which Heat From Earth's Internal Hot Dry Material Is Used To Generate Energy.
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Shield Volcano
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A Broad Volcano With Gently Sloping Sides,Built By Quiet Eruptions Of Fluid Basaltic Lava,Speads Out In Flat Layer ;Example:The Hawaiian Island.
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Tephra
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Lava That Is Blasted Into The Air By Violent Volcanic Eruptions And Solidifies As It Falls To The Ground As Ash, Cinders,And Volcanic Bombs.
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Cinder Cone
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A type Of Volcano In Whic Tephra<Cinders>Piles Up Into A Steep-Side Cone.
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Composite Volcano
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A Type Of Volcano Built Of Silica-Rich Lava AndTephra Layers Accumulated From Repeated Alternating Cycles Of Tephra Eruptions And Lava Erupthions.
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Bahtolith
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The Largest Intrusive
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Dike
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An Intrusive Igneous Rock Body Formed When Magma Is Squeezed Into AVerticl Crak That Cuts AcrossRock Layers And Solidifies Underground.
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Sill
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An Intrusive Igneous Rock Body Formed WhenMagma Is Squeezed Into A Horizontal Crack Between Rock Layers And Solidifiers Underground.
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Volcano Neck
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The Solid Igneous Core Of A Vent That Remains After The Outer Layer Of Lava And Tephra Have Been Eroded Away From An Extinct Volcano
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Caldera
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The Large Opening Formed At The Top Of A Volcano When A Crater CollapseS Into The Vent Following An Eruption
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Dikes Are Formed When.....
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Magma That Is Squeezed Into A Generally Vertical Crack That Cuts Across Rock Layers And Hardens
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A Laccolith Is Created When....
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When Some Magma That Forms A Sill May Continue To Psh The Rock Layers Upward
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A Mountain That Forms When Layers Of Lave And Ash Erupt And Build Up Is.........
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Composite Volcano
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When Geothermal Energy Is Converted Into Electricity______
Is Used To Spin Turbines That Run Generators....... |
Steam
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Mount Saint Helens Is An Example Of A _______ Volcano.
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Conposite
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Ship Rock In New Mexico Is An Example Of A.........
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Volcanic Neck
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A Volcanic Materal Is The Same Size.
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False
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Volcanoes Form On The Ocean Floor.
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True
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There Is No Relationship Between Plate Tectonics And Volcanoes.
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False
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Kilauea In Hawaii Release Large Amounts Of Gas.
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True
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Gas Trapped In Magma Under High Pressure Can Cause Explosive Erruptiond.
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True
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Magma Is Forced Upward Because It Is Denser Than Surrounding Rock.
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False
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A Volcanic Neck Forms When Volcano's Core Erodes.
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False
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Why Do Volcanoes Form at Plate Boundaries And Hot Spot.
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week sopts and hot spots are formed
hot spots magma melts trough the week spots |
