8th grade -Volcano Word Scramble
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Volcano | A mountain that forms when molten rock, called magma, is forced to the Earth's surface. |
Lava | magma that flows onto the Earth's surface |
Pyroclastic Material | Consists of rock fragments created by explosive volcanic eruptions. |
Shield Volcanoes | A type of volcano that is built out of layers of lava from repeated nonexplosive eruptions. |
Cinder Cone Volcanoes | Small volcanic cones made entirely of pyroclastic material from moderately explosive eruptions. |
Composite Volcanoes | Volcanoes that are formed by explosive eruptions of pyroclastic material followed by quieter outpourings of lava. |
Hot Spots | Places on the Earth's surface that are directly above columns of rising magma. |
Convergent boundary | The place where two tectonic plates collide. |
Divergent boundary | When two tectonic plates separate and move away from each other. |
Crater | A funnel-shaped pit at the top of the central vent in most volcanoes. |
Caldera | This forms when a magma chamber that supplies material to a volcano empties and its roof collapses. |
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