volcano Flashcards
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Cinder come
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Volcanic cone made up of rock particles
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Shield cone
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A volcanic cone made up of layers of hardened lava.
2
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Composite cone
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Volcanic cone made up of altering layers of lava and rock particles.
3
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Anticline
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An upward fold
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Sync line
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A downward fold
5
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Fracture
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A break in a rock
6
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Fault
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A break in earths crust along with movement occurs.
7
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Lava
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Magma that reaches the earths surface
8
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Vent
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Volcano opening that lava flows
9
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Volcano
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Vent and the volcanic material around it.
10
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Crater
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The pit at the top of a volcano cone
11
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Caldera
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Large hole that forms when the roof of a magma dome collapses.
12
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Ring of fire
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Major earthquake and volcanic zone that forms a circle around the Pacific Ocean
13
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Volcanism
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Movement of magma inside earth
