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Es Chapter 18 Vocab
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| describes all the processes associated with the discharge of magma hot water and steam | volcanism |
| unusually hot area in Earth's mantle where high temperature plumes of mantle material rise toward the surface | hot spot |
| huge amounts of lava that erupt from fissures | flood basalt |
| are long cracks in Earth's crust | fissure |
| a tubelike structure that allows lava to reach the surface | conduit |
| opening in Earth's crust through which lava erupts and flows | vent |
| bowl shaped depression that forms around the central vent at the summit of a volcano | crater |
| large crater up to 50 km in diameter that can form when the summit or side of a volcano collapses into the magma chamber during or after an eruption | caldera |
| shield volcano | |
| cinder cone | |
| composite volcano | |
| viscosity | |
| tephra | |
| pyroclastic flow | |
| pluton | |
| batholith | |
| stock | |
| loccolith | |
| sill | |
| dike |