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Terms related to volcanoes

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a process that occurs at divergent plate boundries   rifting  
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is an instrument that detects earth's movements   seismometer  
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a large circular depression, with a diameter of about 5 km lies within the vocano's summit   caldera  
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those that form when explosive eruptions of sticky lava alternate with quieter eruptions of volcanic rock bits   composite-cone volcano  
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melted rock, it is less dense than its other surrounding material   magma  
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is made of layers of cinders   cinder-cone volcano  
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is any opening in earth's crust through which hot gases, rocks, and melted material erupt   volcano  
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forms when lava flows quietly from a crack in earth's crust   sheild volcano  
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extremly hot places deep within earth's mantle   hotspot  
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magma then rises and forms a chain of volcanoes   island arc  
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magma that flows out onto earth's surface from a volcano, when magma researches earth's surface   lava  
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