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12 Cards in this Set
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hot spot |
hot areas within a plate, not on the edges |
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lava |
magma on the earth's surface |
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subduction boundary |
where many volcanoes are formed |
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crater |
hole at top of volcano |
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shield cone volcano |
gently sloping sides, quiet eruptions, lava layers, narrow base |
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cinder cone volcano |
steep sides, explosive eruptions, rock layers narrow base |
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composite cone volcano |
somewhat steep sides, both quiet and explosive eruptions, layers of rock and lava, medium base |
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caldera |
volcano with very wide opening a the top |
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tephera |
material that coms out of cinder cone volcano |
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San Andreas |
major fault in CA |
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Silica |
amount in a volcano determines if the eruption will be quiet or explosive |
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pyroclastic flow |
fast-moving, destructive lava from volcano |
