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1
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Melted rock under surace

A

Magma

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2
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Blobs of magma in air

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Volcanic bombs

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3
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What’s the volcano that has a erupted recently/soon

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Active

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4
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Place where plates pushes another

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Subduction zone

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5
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Vent in crust where gas,lava,steam,ashes are forced out

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Volcanos

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6
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Lava with smooth billowy surface

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Pahoehoe

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7
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Places directly above column of magma that’s rising

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Hotspot

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8
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Magma hardened underground

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Pluton

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9
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Lava with rough surface

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AA

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10
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Volcano that hasn’t erupted in long time but may again

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Dormant

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11
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Uses water to show earth changes?

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Tiltmeter

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12
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Volcano that will longer erupt

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Extinct

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13
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Solid volcanic material like ash/rocks

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Pyroclastics

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14
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Explain 3 types of volcanoe, vents, type of eruption

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Cindercone- small coneshaped, ash, cinder/Strombolian eruptions, 1 vent
Shield- sloping of lava flows, many vents, Icelandic and Hawaiian eruptions
Composite-deep sides of ash & lava, one vent volcanean, palean, planean eruptions

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15
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How do volcanoes bless and sustain creation (3)

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Volcanic soil is fertile
Heat melts glaciers and brings fresh a water
Gives window into center of Earth that helps us understand

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16
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Difference between magma and lava?

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Magma is melted rock beneath the surface

Lava is magma once it’s above the surface

17
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Shield cones

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Made of lava

18
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Volcanoes currently erupting

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Alive

19
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Why do Hawaiian volcanoes erupt often

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Vent always open

20
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Volcanic material that hardens in shape of tear

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Volcanic bomb

21
Q

Where are most hotspots

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Beneath ocean

22
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Where is ring of fire

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Pacific Ocean

23
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Pumice (3)

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Gas trapped, floats in water, used as scouring powder

24
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Magma that reaches the surface

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Lava

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