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Terms on Volcanoes for Lessons 1 through 5

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volcano   a vent in the earth's crust that is shaped like a cone or is just fissure (crack) in the crust  
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crater   a funnel-shaped hole that is created after a volcanic eruption  
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magma   melted rock that is below the surface of the earth  
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lava   melted rock that is on top of the earth's surface  
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hot spots   an area of the earth's crust that is hot because it is directly over a chamber of magma  
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subduction zone   a place where one tectonic plate is moving under another tectonic plate  
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rift   a deep crack that is made when two tectonic plates move apart from each other  
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aa   rough sharp hardened lava rock  
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pahoehoe   smooth billowing or rope-like hardened lava rock  
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pyroclastics   material that is spewed from a volcano, such as ash and rock  
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volcanic bomb   a blob of lava that is hardened on the outside but is still molten on the inside that comes out of a volcano  
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dike   a vertical pluton  
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sill   a horizontal pluton  
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pluton   hardened magma under the surface of the earth  
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laccolith   domed shaped pluton  
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batholith   very large and massive pluton  
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active volcano   a volcano that has erupted or soon will erupt  
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dormant volcano   volcano that has not erupted in a long time but could erupt in the future  
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tiltmeter   instrument that uses water to egister changes in the earth's angle  
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Extinct Volcano   volcano that can no longer erupt; dead  
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alive volcano   a volcano that is currently erupting  
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icelandic eruption   a mild eruption that is composed of thin lava from many vents  
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hawaiian eruption   mild eruption with thin lava from one vent  
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stromboli eruption   powerful eruption with thick lava, much gas and steam,  
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Vulcanian eruption    
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Pelean eruption    
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Plinian eruption    
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Shield volcano   a volcano that is very gently sloping that has one or more vent  
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Cinder cone volcano   the smallest of the volcanoes that is made of cinder and ash  
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composite volcano   a deep-sided volcano that is composed of layers of cinder and ash and layers of hardened lava rock  
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