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Volcanoes Notes

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volcano   any place where gas, ash, or melted rock come out of the ground.  
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Magma   melted rock.  
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Lava   magma that has reached the Earth’s surface.  
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vent   the opening of a volcano.  
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Viscosity   the resistance of a liquid material to flow.  
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Pyroclastic materials   hot ash and bits of rock.  
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fissure   a giant crack in the Earth’s surface.  
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Fissure eruptions   happen when lava flows from fissures.  
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lava plateau   a thick, mostly flattened layer of cooled lava on the surface of the Earth.  
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volcanic crater   an opening or depression at the top of a volcano caused by eruptions.  
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magma chamber   an expanded area of magma inside of a volcano.  
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caldera   a large basin-shaped depression left after an empty magma chamber collapses.  
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Tectonic plates   are giant sections of lithosphere on earth’s surface.  
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hot spot   a location where a mantle plume rises through the asthenosphere.  
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mantle plume   a column of extremely hot mantle rock.  
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Ring of Fire   a name used to describe the numerous explosive volcanoes that form on convergent plate boundaries surrounding the Pacific Ocean.  
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