science of volcanoes Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
magam | molten material beneath or within the earth's |
lava | melted rock coming from a volcano |
viscosity | the property of being resistance to flow in a fluid |
silica | a mineral that consists of silicon and oxygen |
pahoehoe | basaltic lava having a smooth or billowy surface |
Aa | basaltic lava having a rough surface |
volcanic ash | Volcanic ash is pieces of crushed rock and glass that spews from a volcano |
hot springs | a beautifu cave full of water that is heated up by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock. |
element | atmospheric agencies or forces; weather: a ruddy complexion from exposure to the elements. |
clinder cone volcano | a steep cone shapedhill or small mountain made of volcanic ash,cinders and bombs piled up around a volcanos opening |
composite volcano | a tall cone shaped mountain in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash and other volcanic materials |
shield volcano | a wide gently sloping mountain made of layers of lava and formed by quite eruptions |
dike | a slab of volcanic rock formed when forces itself across rock layers |
sill | a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma sueezes between layers of rock |
pipe | a long tube through which maga moves from the magma chamber to earths surface |
magma chamber | the pockets beneath a volcano where magma collects |
dormat | a volcano that is not currently active but that may become active in the future |
active | a volcano still that can explode |
geyser | a fountain of water and steam that builds up pressure underground and erupts at regular intervals |
caldera | the large hole at the top of a volcano the formed when the roof of a volcanos magma chamber collapses |
volcanoes | a hot spot formed in the earth that blast out lava |
lava plateau | |
ring of fire | a majior belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean |
cinders | |
bombs | |
vent | |
volcanc | |
crater | a spot in the arth were past volcamos eruptede |
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