Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Volcanic Activity
Volcanic Landforms
Volcanoes in the Solar System
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What is a volcano?
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A weak spot on the crust where magma comes out
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What do you call the bowl shaped area at the top of a volcano?
Crater
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Describe a shield volcano.
A wide, gently sloping mountain
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What are the dark, smooth areas of the moon?
Lava
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What is the difference between magma and lava?
Lava is magma that has come out of the ground
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What causes magma to come out of the Earth?
Gases dissolved in the molten material
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Volcanic rock breaks down into rich soil. What does "rich soil" mean?
Fertile or able to support plant growth
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What type of volcanoes do they have on Mars?
Shield and cone
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Volcanoes form at what two plate boundaries?
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Divergent and Convergent
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What kind of eruption will you have if the magma is thick and sticky?
Explosive
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What is a batholith?
A mass of rock formed when a large body of magma cools in the crust
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What is Theia Mons?
The biggest volcano on Venus
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What is a "hot spot"?
Magma burns through the middle of a tectonic plate
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What are the three stages of a volcano?
Active, dormant, extinct
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What is a caldera?
A huge hole left by the collapse of a volcano
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What is the name of the biggest volcano in the solar system?
Olympus Mons
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What is the "Ring of Fire"?
A volcanic belt that rings the Pacific Ocean
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What is geothermal energy?
Energy created by magma heating water
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This landform is named after a part of the body, what is it?
Volcanic Neck
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What two moons have we observed volcanic eruptions on?
Io and Triton