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CAUSE AND EFFECT
VOCABULARY
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY
FACTS
FACTS
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WHAT CAN VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ON LAND CREATE?
MOUNTAINS, OR FORM CRATERS THAT BECOME LAKES.
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ANOTHER WORD FOR LAVA IS......
MAGMA
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WHAT IS MOUNT VESUVIUS AND WHERE IS IT LOCATED?
AN ACTIVE VOLCANO IN NAPLES, ITALY.
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WHAT IS AN ARCHEOLOGIST?
A PERSON WHO STUDIES PREHISTORIC PEOPLE AND CULTURES
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WHAT IS THE INNER CORE MADE UP OF?
METALS
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WHAT CAN VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS UNDERWATER CAUSE?
A SEA OR LAKE TO BOIL. THEY CAN ALSO FORM ISLANDS.
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DEFINE INHABITANTS.
A PERSON OR ANIMAL THAT LIVES IN OR OCCUPIES A PLACE
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WHAT WAS PRESERVED IN POMPEII? (NAME AT LEAST 3 THINGS)
PEOPLE, PETS, HOMES, FOUNTAINS, ART, THEATERS....
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HOW MANY LAYERS DOES EARTH HAVE?
4
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THE OUTER CORE IS HOW MANY MILES BENEATH THE SURFACE OF EARTH?
3,000 MILES
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WHAT AREA CAUSES THE SHIFTING OF TECTONIC PLATES BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE? (HINT: LAYERS OF EARTH)
THE LOWER MANTLE.
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WHAT IS ANDESITE?
A VOLCANIC ROCK THAT CREATES EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS!
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WHAT 2 PLACES CAN YOU FIND A VOLCANO?
ON LAND AND ALONG THE OCEAN FLOOR.
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NAME THE 4 THINGS THAT ERUPT FROM A VOLCANO.
LAVA, ASH, GAS, AND STEAM
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TRUE OR FALSE. THE U.S.G.S. CAN MONITOR VOLCANIC ACTIVITY FROM OUTER SPACE.

TRUEEEEEEE
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WHAT CAUSES VIOLENT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS?
HEAT AND PRESSURE BUILDING IN THE VOLCANOES CHAMBERS AND PUSHING MAGMA THROUGH EARTHS SURFACE
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WHAT IS A PLATE BOUNDARY? WHAT OCCURS THERE?
WHERE 2 PLATES MEET. MOST VOLCANOES OCCUR AT PLATE BOUNDARIES.
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WHERE IS THE RING OF FIRE, AND WHAT IS IT?
BENEATH THE PACIFIC OCEAN. IT IS WHERE MOST VOLCANIC ACTIVITY HAPPENS ALONG THE PACIFIC PLATE.
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WHAT DOES THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY USE SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY FOR?
TO MONITOR AND MEASURE PLATE SHIFTS AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
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HOW MANY ACTIVE VOLCANOES ARE ON LAND AND IN THE OCEAN TODAY?
1,500 ON LAND AND 10,000 ON THE OCEAN FLOOR!
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WHAT CAUSES A HIGHER RATE OF EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES?
WHEN PLATES COLLIDE WITH OTHER PLATES AND THE EDGES COMPRESS!
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WHAT IS A HOT SPOT? EX.

WHAT CAN IT CREATE? EX.

HOT REGIONS IN EARTH'S MANTLE THAT SPEW MAGMA ONTO EARTHS SURFACE! (PICO DO FOGO)

THEY CAN CREATE CHAINS OF ISLANDS (HAWAII)

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NAME THE 7 MAJOR PLATES ON EARTH. (NAME AT LEAST 4)
AFRICAN, EURASIAN, ANTARCTIC, NORTH AMERICAN, PACIFIC, SOUTH AMERICAN, INDO AUSTRALIAN.
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HOW DO VOLCANOES BECOME A CONE SHAPE?
BY PAST ERUPTIONS THAT PUSHED ROCK UP INTO THE FORM OF A CONE
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WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF VOLCANOES? EXPLAIN THEM?

1. DORMANT- SLEEPING AND HAVEN'T ERUPTED IN A LONG TIME ...OR EXTINCT

2. ACTIVE VOLCANOES- ERUPTING NOW OR HAVE ERUPTED