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Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Types of Volcanoes
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Causes vibrations in the ground that results from movement along breaks in the Earth’s lithosphere
What is Earthquakes
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Molten rock below Earth’s surface
What is MAGMA
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Large volcano with gentle slope of basaltic lava
What is SHIELD VOLCANO
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The area of earthquake and volcano activity around the Ring of Fire
What is PACIFIC
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Is a depression formed when a volcano’s summit collapse or is blown away by an explosive eruption
What is CALDERA
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P-wave fastest-moving type of seismic wave-causes push-pull motion
What is Primary Wave
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Vent in the Earth’s crust through which molten rock flows
What is VOLCANO
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Small,steep-sided volcano that erupts gas-rich, basaltic lava.
What is CINDER CONE VOLCANO
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Boundary where one tectonic plate descends into the mantle and partially melts
What is CONVERGENT
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H2o
What is WATER
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S-wave causes particles in the ground to move side to side and up and down at right angles
What is SECONDARY WAVE
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Tiny particles of pulverized volcanic rock and glass
What is VOLCANIC ASH
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Large,steep sided volcano that results from explosive eruptions of andesite and rhyolitic s lavas
What is COMPOSITE VOLCANO
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Magma with high silica content
What is ANDESITE
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Magma that is rich in silica forms when the mantle mixes
What is CONTINENTAL CRUST
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A measure of earthquake magnitude
What is RICHTER SCALE
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Molten rock that erupts onto Earth’s surface
What is LAVA
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Large volcano with gentle slope of basaltic lava
What is SHIELD VOLCANO
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Boundary where two tectonic plate separate
What is DIVERGENT
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Dissolved amounts of viscosity that determines the explosiveness of magma
What is GASES
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A measure of damage done by an earthquake
What is MERCALLI SCALE
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A flow of fast-moving cloud of ash, hot gases, and rock that explodes from an erupting volcano
What is PYROCLASTIC FLOW
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Volcano that is not associated with a plate boundary
What is HOT SPOT
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To cause to disperse or disappear
What is DISSOLVED
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The main chemical in magma
What is SILICA