Volcano Vocab
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| Volcano | any place where gas, ash or melted rock comes out of the ground
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| Magma | melted rock that is found beneath the Earth's surface
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| Lava | magma or melted rock that has reached the Earth's surface.
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| Vent | the opening of a volcano
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| Viscosity (Not an important word!!!) | the resutance of a liquid material to flow
the viscosity of the magma determines the type of eruption that occurs
Low viscosity- forms low slopes, doesn't cause large explosions
High viscosity- form steep slopes and can erupt explosively
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| pyroclastic materials | hot ash and bits of rock that may be ejected into the atmosphere
they can build up and care create volcanic mountains
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| tectonic plates | giant sections of the Earth's crust
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| hot spot | a location where a column of extremly hot mantle rises through the Earth's layers
it can melt partially to form magma that can rise to the surface and form a volcano
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