Volcanoes
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element | a substance that cannot be broken down into other substances
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viscosity | the amount of stuff in an liquid
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silica | makes things thicker in a element
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pahoehoe | hot fat-moving lava
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aa | cool slow-moving lava
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compound | a substance made of two or more elements that have been chemically combined
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lava | magma when it comes out of the volcano
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volcanic ash | fine rocky particles as small as a speck of dust
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crater | forms at the top of a volcano around the central vent
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lava flow | at the top of the volcano around the central vent
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cinders | pebble sized particles
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bombs | particles ranging from the size of a baseball to the size of a car
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magma | a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
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shield volcano | gently sloping mountain formed by repeated lava flows
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cinder cone volcano | cone shaped mountain formed from ash,cinders,and bombs
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composite volcano | mountain formed by lava flows alternating with explosive eruptions
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caldera | hole left by the collapse of of a volcanic mountan
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magma chamber | a chamber of magma under a volcano
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batholith | forms when a large body of magma cools inside the crust, this mass of rock will form
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lava plateau | high, level area formed by repeated lava flows
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sill | forms when magma squeezes between layers of rock and hardens
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dike | forms when magma forces itself across rock layers and hardens
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vent | where the magma leaves the volcano through an opening
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pipe | a long tube that connects the magma chamber to the Earth's surface
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hot spring | groundwater heated by a nearby body of magma, rises to the surface and collects in a natural pool
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geyser | is a fountain of water and steam that erupts from the ground
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Ring of Fire | formed by the many volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean
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dormant | a volcano that is not unlikely active now but may become active in the future
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active | a volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt in the near future
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extinct | a volcano that is unlikely to erupt again
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