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Volcanoes

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Cinder Cone   A steep cone made of volcanic ash,cinders,and bombs around a volcanoes opening  
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Composite Volcano   A tall cone where layers of lava alternate with layers of ash and other volcanic material  
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Caldera   The hole at the top of a volcano formed when the roof of a volcanoes opening collapses  
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Volcanic Neck   A deposit of hardened magma in a volcanoes pipe  
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Geothermal Activity   When underground water is heated by magma  
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Geyser   Water and steam which build up pressure underground and erupts  
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Island Arc   A stream of islands formed by volcanoes along a deep ocean trench  
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Hot Spot   Where magma from within the magma melts through the crust above it  
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Lava Flow   Area covered by lava as it flows out of a volcanoes vent  
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Dormant   A volcano that isn't active ,but can become active in the future  
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Extinct   a volcano that is inactive and most likely will never erupt again  
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Volcano   A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface  
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Magma   A molten mixture of rock which forms substances,gases,and water from the mantle  
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Lava   Liquid magma that reaches the surface  
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Ring of Fire   a line of volcanoes surrounding the pacific ocean  
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Magma Chamber   a pocket beneath a bolcon a pocket beneath a volcano where magma collects  
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Pipe   a tube where magma moves form the magma chamber to earth's surface  
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Vent   an opening where molten rock and gas leave a volcano  
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crater   an area which forms around a volcano's opening  
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viscosity   a liquid's resistance to flowing  
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Cilica   material found in magma that is formed from the elements of oxygen and silicone  
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Shield Volcano   a gently sloping mountain made by layers of lava and formed by quiet eruptions  
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Batholith   a mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cools inside the crust  
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Pyroclastic flow   the explosion of ash cinders bombs and gases during an explosive volcanic eruption  
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