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What are characteristics of magma with high silica?
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light colored lava, that is too sticky to flow very far.
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what is a hot spring
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forms when groundwater is heated by a nearby body of magma.
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What is the main hazard of a quiet eruption?
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it can cause damage far from the crater
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What is a caldera?
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a large whole at the top of a volcano formed when the roof of a volcano's magma chamber collapses.
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What is a cinder-cone volcano
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a steep cone-shaped hill or mountain made up of volcanic ash, cinders, and bobs piled up a volcanoes opening.
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What is a geyser?
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a type of hot spring that builds up pressure underground and erupts at regular intervals as a fountain of water or steam
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What is a volcanic neck?
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a deposit of hardened magma in a volcanic pipe.
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if a batholith is pushed toward the surface erosion it will shape into a _______________
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mountain range
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What is a composite volcano and how is it formed
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are tall cone shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash.
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what other way mountains are formed besides lava?
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movement of plates
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