Volcanoes Word Scramble
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Volcano | Occur because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle. |
Lava | Hot molten. |
Magma | Hot fluid. |
Volcanic ash | eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm. |
Magma Chamber | Is a large underground pool of liquid rock found beneath the surface of the Earth. |
Crater | Is a large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on the surface of a planet. |
Vent | Is an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out |
Pipe | Is narrow tube made from wood, clay, etc. |
Lava Flow | Is a mass of flowing lava. |
Ring of Fire | Is an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. |
Element | a substances that can not be broken down into other substances. |
Viscosity | a magma that depends upon it silica content and temperature. |
Silica | the compand is made up of particles of the elements oxygen and silicon. |
Pahoehoe | Fast moving hot lava that has low viscsity. |
AA | Lava that is cooler and slow moving. |
Compand | A substance made of two or more elements that have been chemically combined. |
Subduction | The process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary. |
Extinct | A volcano that is unlikely to erupt again. |
Dormant | Volcano that can be active now but may become active in the future. |
Active | A volcano is one that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt near the future. |
Cider cone | Cone-shaped mountain formed from ash,ciders, and bombs. |
Dike | Forms when magma squeezes between layers of rock and hardens. |
Sill | Forms when magma squeezes between layers of rock and hardens. |
Hot spring | Collect in a natural poo |
Geyser | Is a foundation of water and steam that erupts from the ground. |
Caldera | A huge hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain.B |
Batholith | Mass of rock formed when magma cooled inside the crust. |
Lava Plateau | High,level area formed by repeated lava flows. |
Composite Volcano | Mountain formed by lava flows alternating with explosive eruptions. |
Shield Volcano | Gently sloping mountain formed by repeated lava flows. |
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