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How volcanoes work
Volcanoes
Question | Answer |
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The area where most of the volcanoes are found is called the ring of .... | fire# |
Most of the volcanoes are found in the .... Ocean. | Pacific# |
What is an opening called through which molten lava and gasses erupt? | vent# |
What is lava called before it escapes the earth? | magma# |
Which type of volcano forms over a hot spot in the middle of a tectonic plate? | shield# |
Rocks and ash spewed from a volcano are called Pyroclastic ..... | flow# |
What is spewed from a volcano? | ash# |
Volcanoes create rich .... for farming. | soil# |
Friction form .... plates melts the earth's crust causing rock to liquefy. | shifting# |
.... thousand five hundred volcanoes are classified as active. | One# |
Running and .... lava forms general and steeper slopes. | sticky# |
A shield volcano is constantly active and always gently .... | erupting# |
Some volcanoes are used to harness geo.... energy. | thermal# |