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Barnett - Vocabulary Practice for Magma, Volcanoes, and Intrusive Material

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viscosity   resistance of a substance to flow  
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felsic magma   magma with a high silica content and large volume of gas (explosive eruptions)  
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mafic magma   magma with a low silica and gas content (non explosive eruptions)  
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tephra   solid material ejected from a volcano during an eruption  
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pyroclastic flow   fast moving body of hot gas, ash, dust, and rock that travels down the side of a volcano  
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volcanic blocks   solid material at least 64 mm in diameter ejected from a volcano  
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volcanic bombs   partial molten material at least 64mm in diameter ejected from a volcano  
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gas from volcanoes   water vapor, carbon dioxide, sulfur, and nitrogen  
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hot spot   unusually hot region of the mantle which causes rock to melt, rise, and form a volcano  
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convergent boundary   place where 2 tectonic plates are colliding - most volcanoes form at convergent boundaries  
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vent   place where magma is escaping from the crust  
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crater   bowl shaped depression around the vent  
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pipe   where magma rises from the magma chamber to the vent  
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neck   formed when the outside of a volcano erodes away and the solidified pipe remains  
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caldera   top or side of a volcano collapses forming a large depression  
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lava plateau   forms when magam escapes the Earth's crust through fissures (cracks) and builds a plateau  
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igneous rock   any rock that forms when magma or lava solidifies  
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pluton   intrusive igneous rock body  
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batholith   largest pluton  
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laccolith   mushroom shaped pluton, relatively small and close to surface  
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stock   pluton with irregular shape, but smaller than a batholith  
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dike   thin pluton that forms when magma enters a crack in rock; cuts through pre-existing material  
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sill   thin pluton that forms between parallel layers of rock  
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felsic igneous rock   igneous rock that contains mostly silica and is usually relatively light color and low density  
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mafic igneous rock   igneous rock that contains mostly magnesium and iron and is usually dark in color and dense  
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intrusive igneous rock   rock that cooled below earth's surface and has large (coarse) grains  
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extrusive igneous rock   igneous rock that cooled outside the earth and has small (fine) grains  
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