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A review for our science final at SRB

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What would you expect after an explosive eruption?   darkened skys  
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What does acinder cone volcano have?   steep slopes  
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What is a extinct volccano?   a volcano that will probably never erupt agian  
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How are volcanoes created?   repeated eruptions of lava  
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Where are volcanoes most likely to form?   along plate boundarys  
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What would you expect after a noneplosive eruption?   huge lava flows  
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Where does molten rock often gather?   magma chamber  
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If the water content is high what is likley to happen?   an explosive eruption  
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What type of lava flows most like dripping wax?   pahoehoe  
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What type of lava is forms in jumbled heaps of sharp chunk near the vent?   Blocky lava  
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What type of pyroclastic material means little stones?   Lapilli  
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What is the pryoclastic material that can reach the upper atomsphere that circles the earth for years?   Volcanic ash  
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Describe a possible climate change caused by a volcanic eruption?   Ash blocks the sunlight causing temperature to drop.  
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When rock begins to melt...   temperature and pressure decreases  
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What type of volcane will likely erupt in the near future?   active volcano  
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what does a tiltometer measure?   change in the volcanos slope  
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Where is a volcano likely to form?   along plate boundarys  
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Lava theat has liquid runny consistency probably...   has a low silica content  
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Volcanic activity along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This activity occurs at   a divergent boundary  
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Which of the following is NOT considered when predicting volcanic eruptions?   atmospheric activity  
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How are volcanoes created?   by many eruptions of lava  
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What is most likely to happen if the water content is high in magma?   an explosive eruption  
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What is a rift?   a crack in the earths crust  
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Mount Rainier and Mount St Helens are...   composite volcanoes  
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How do scientists classify pyroclastic material?   by size  
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Which type of volcano will never erupt agian?   extinct  
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What does subduction mean   when continental crust slides under oceanic crust  
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what is the term given to the temperature at wich condesation forms?   Dew point  
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What is the term given to stratus clouds that are found at a very low level?   fog  
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Where does a continental polar air mass form?   North Canada  
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Does a anticyclone have high or low pressure?   high  
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Does a cyclone have high or low pressure?   low  
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What are the most powerful storms on earth?   hurricanes  
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Which part of the hurricane has warm calm air and light winds?   THE eye  
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A thunderstorm is most likley created by what type of cloud?   cumulonimbus  
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What instument measures air pressure?   barometer  
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when you see weather systems on the news where do they come from?   weather sattelights  
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On a station modle what does the tail off the circle reprsent?   wind speed and direction  
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What do tetonic plates consist of?   continental and oceanic crust  
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Wegner thought that all thecontinents were once together in one large continent called?   Pangea  
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Evidence for sea-floor spreading has come from?   magnetic minerals on the ocean floor  
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A possible result of plates moving along a trnsform boundary is?   earthquakes  
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What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?   lithospere  
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What type of fault usually occurs because of compression?   reverse  
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In a reverse fault,where does the hanging wall move realitive to the footwall?   upward  
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In a normal fault, where does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?   downward  
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What kind of force can lead to mountians with sharp,jagged peaks?   tension  
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What type of boundary is formed when plates seperate?   divergent  
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What doees NOT provide evidence for continental drift   oceanic plate theory  
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The consists of mostly of what?   iron  
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