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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A vent along a mid-ocean ridge that spews hot, mineral-rich water; its dissolved sulfide components instantly precipitate when the water mixes with seawater and cools. | black smoker |
| the resistance of materials to flow | viscosity |
| A volcanic eruption dominated by low-viscosity mafic lava. | effusive eruption |
| A violent volcanic eruption that produces clouds and avalanches of pyroclastic debris. | explosive eruption |
| A lava flow with a rubbly surface. | A'a' |
| A volcano that does not exhibit current activity and has not erupted for hundreds to thousands of years but does have the potential to erupt again in the future. | format volcano |
| A volcano that has erupted within the past few centuries or millennia and has the potential to erupt again. | active volcano |
| An irregular or blob-shaped igneous intrusion; plutons can range in size from tens of meters to tens of kilometers across. | Pluton |