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Eruption
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The process by which solid, liquid, and gaseous materials are ejected into the earth's atmosphere and onto the earth's surface by volcanic activity.
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Cinder Cone Volcano
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Large lumps of lava ash blast through a crater at the top of the volcano, the lava quickly builds a huge cone.
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Dome
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A steep-sided mass of viscous (doughy) lava extruded from a volcanic vent which has a rounded, or flat on top.
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Mantle
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The zone of the earth below the crust and above the core.
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Pipe
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A vertical conduit through the Earth's crust below a volcano, through which magmatic materials have passed.
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Composite Volcano
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Are formed with alternating layers of lava and rock fragments and usually erupt in an explosive way.
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Shield Volcano
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Form wide, sloping mountains and they have thin, runny lava that spreads across the ground. The lava oozes out of cracks rather than explodes.
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