BJU 6th Science - Chapter 1
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| lithosphere | The crust and upper area of the earth’s mantle
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| plate | A large piece of the earth's crust that floats on the melted rock in the earth's mantle
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| theory of plate tectonics | The idea that Earth's crust is made up of moving plates
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| plate boundary | The place where plates meet
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| earthquake | An event that occurs when rocks along the plate boundaries shift suddenly and release their stored energy
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| fault | A break in the earth's surface along which rock can move
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| magma | The molten rock and gases beneath the earth's surface
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| volcano | A crack in the earth's crust through which molten rock comes to the surface
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| volcanologist | A scientist who studies volcanoes
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| magma chamber | Pockets of molten rock deep in the earth's lithosphere
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| lava | Magma that has broken through the surface of the earth
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| vent | The opening in the surface of the earth through which lava flows
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| crater | The bowl shape at the top of a main vent through which lava flows
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| ash | Bits of crushed rock propelled from an erupting volcano (particles smaller than 2 mm)
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| cone | The funnel-shaped mound of a volcano
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| Ring of Fire | A ring of volcanoes found in an area around the Pacific Ocean
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| hot spot | A volcano that occurs where a pool of intensely hot magma rises toward the surface, melting rock until it breaks through the crust
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| cinder | Bits of ash and lava
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| tephra | A mixture of cinder, ash, and rock
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| pyroclastic flow | An avalanche of red-hot dust and gases that races down the sides of some volcanoes
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| vog | Volcanic fog or gases (deadly)
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| debris flow | Mud and rock fragments that surge down a mountain when part of it collapses
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| igneous rock | Rock formed as magma and lava harden
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| hot spring | Water that rises to the earth's surface as it is heated by a magma pool
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| geyser | A spring that periodically blows steam and hot water into the air
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| mud pot | A hot spring that has more mud than water
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