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Plate Tectonics and Volcanoes

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Hot Spot   An area where magma burns through the crust like a blow torch.  
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Geyser   A jet of very hot water that shoots out of the ground.  
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Extinct Volcano   A volcano that will never erupt again.  
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Dormant Volcano   A "sleeping volcano." This hasn't erupted recently, but still has a possibility of erupting in the future.  
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Active Volcano   A volcano that is erupting. It has erupted recently and will in the future.  
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Caldera   A huge crater that is produced when a volcano's magma chamber empties.  
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Ring of Fire   A chain of volcanoes around the Pacific Plate.  
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Explosive Eruption   The type of eruption that produces pyroclastic flows.  
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Quiet Eruptions   The type of eruption that produces the two types of lava.  
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Silica   A combination of oxygen and silicon.  
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Hot Spring   A pool of water that has been heated up by magma.  
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Volcanic Neck   What forms when magma in a volcano's pipe cools off.  
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Batholith   What is formed when a volcano's magma chamber cools off.  
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Transform Boundary   Where two plates slide past each other.  
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Convergent Boundary   Where two plates squeeze into each other  
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Divergent Boundary   Where two plate go into different directions.  
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Shearing   Pushing rock past each other (transform).  
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Tension   Pushes rock apart (divergent).  
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Compression   Squeezes rock together (convergent).  
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Normal Faults   One plat above the fault and one below (tension, divergent).  
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Strike-Slip Faults   Plates sliding past each other (Shearing, Transform)  
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Reverse Boundary   One plate moving up instead of down (convergent, compression).  
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Anticlines   A ridge-shaped rock that slopes downward from the crest.  
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Synclines   A fold in rock that has an upward slope.  
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Plateau   An flat land area that is elevated.  
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Tidal Waves   Huge waves caused by the tide (the moons gravitational pull).  
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Tsunamis   Long, huge sea waves that are caused by earthquakes.  
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Richter Scale   A scale that is good for small, nearby earthquakes.  
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Mercalli Scale   A scale has has non-accurate measurements.  
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The Moment Magnitude Scale   Accurate for all earthquakes.  
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P Waves   First waves to hit, compress and expand ground.  
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S Waves   Second Waves to hit, this moves the ground up and down and left to right.  
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Surface Waves   Last, cause the most damage, move the ground like waves.  
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Stress   The force that changes rock's shape and volume.  
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Deformation   The change of shape or volume on a rock.  
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Focus   Where an earthquake starts.  
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Epicenter   The land directly above the focus.  
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Describe Pyroclastic Flow lava flows.   most dangerous, composed of gas, ash, cinder, and more.  
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Decribe Pahoehoe   A hotter, fast moving type of lava flow, less silica.  
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Describe Aa   A cooler, slower moving type of lava flow, more silica.  
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Cinder Cone Volcanoes   smallest, steep slope, large crater, made of ash and cinder. Cause by explosive eruptions.  
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Composite Volcanoes   Looks like a mountain, alternating layer of ash and lava. Caused by both eruptions.  
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Shield Volcanoes   Biggest, lying down, caused by quiet eruptions.  
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Earthquake Precautions   Get outside, get under a table or desk, drop, cover, hold, stay away from windows.  
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