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volcanoes
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7th Grade
03/31/2014

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Term
Volcano
Definition
an opening in the earth's crust that erupts gases ash and lava
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vent
Definition
opening where magma escapes
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crater
Definition
steep sided depression inside a volcano
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divergent boundaries
Definition
i.e. Iceland
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convergent boundaries
Definition
most common
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hot spots
Definition
weak spot in crust
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eruption factors
Definition
amount of dissolved gases
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eruption factors
Definition
amount of silica
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shield volcano
Definition
gentle slop
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cinder cone
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steep slop
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composite cone
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intermediate slope
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tephra
Definition
clumps of airborne ash
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human impacts
Definition
lava flows covers property
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human impacts
Definition
covered with ash
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human impacts
Definition
poisonous gases cause acid rain
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human impacts
Definition
fires from burning ash or hot lava
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what was the most destructive volcano in US history?
Definition
Mt. St. Helen's
Term
what is the largest volcano in the world?
Definition
Mauna Loa
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between 1600 and 1982 where in the world have the most people died as the result of volcanoes?
Definition
Indonesia
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WHat were people buried in ?
Definition
ash
Term
what was the volcano that buried Pompeii
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Mt. Vesuvis
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what was the largest volcanic eruption of historic times.
Definition
Mt. Tambora
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What does V.E.I. stand for
Definition
Volcanic explosivity index
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