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Volcanoes ch.6

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Magma   molten mixture of rock forming sub., gases and water deep in earths crust  
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Silica   The more of this that magma contains, the thicker the magma is  
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Pyroclastic flow   this happens when an explosive eruption hurls ash, cinders, bombs and gases out of a volcano  
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Shield   wide gently sloping mtn.made of hardened  
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Volcanic neck   This forms when magma hardens in a volcanoes pipe and later is exposed  
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Volcanoe   A weak spot in the crust where magma comes through  
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Pahoehoe and aa are produced during   Quite eruptions  
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Geysor   Hot water and steam that erupts from the ground  
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Batholith   mass of rock formedwhen a large body of magma colled inside earth's crust  
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Caldera   When the top of a volcanic mtn. collapses this forms  
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Hot spot   area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate  
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Magma chamber   Inside a volcano, magma collects inside the pocket  
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potassium/ volcanic ash   soils are fertile because of this  
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Shield volcanoes   Layers of thin running lava that flow over a wide area before they cool and harden can build up.  
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active   volcanoes that show signs of eruption or future eruption  
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