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Katelyn's Vocab - 18
Chapter 18 Vocabulary Earth Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All the processes associated with the discharge of magma, hot fluids, and gases. | Volcanism |
| Unusually hot regions of Earth's mantle where high-temperature plumes of magma rise to the surface. | Hot Spots |
| Form when lava flows out of long cracks in Earth's crust. | Flood Basalts |
| The cracks in Earth's crust | Fissures |
| A long, tube-like stucture in a volcano. | Conduit |
| An opening in the volcano. | Vent |
| A bowl-shaped depression at the top of the volcano. | Crater |
| Large depressions. | Calderas |
| A mountain with broad, gently sloping sides and a nearly circular base. | Shield Volcano |
| Mountains with steep sides that are generally small. | Cinder Cones |
| Formed of layers of hardened chunks of lava that oozed downslope before solidifying. | Composite Volcano |
| The physical property that describes a material's resistance to flow. | Viscosity |
| Erupted materials. | Tephra |
| Rapidly moving clouds of tephra mixed with hot, suffocating gases. | Pyroclastic Flows |