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| An opening in the earth's crust that erupts gases, ash and lava |
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| Opening where magma escapes |
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| Steep sided depression inside a volcano |
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| Weak spot in crust (Hawaiian islands) |
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| Am's of dissolved gasses and water vapor |
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More gasses, more explosion
More trapped water at convergent boundaries (from ocean) |
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| More silica, more explosive |
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| Gentle slope (mostly lava) |
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| Intermediate slope (ash and lava mix) |
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| Lava flows and covers a property |
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| Fires from burning ash or hot lava |
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| What does V.E.I. stand for? |
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| Volcanic explosivity Index |
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| What was the largest volcanic eruption of historic times (recorded by man) |
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| What was the volcano that buried Pompeii? |
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| What were the people of Pompeii covered in- Lava or Ash? |
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| Between 1600 and 1982, where in the world have the most people died as the result of volcanos? |
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| What is the largest volcano in the world? |
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| What was the most destructive volcano in U.S. history? |
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| What are the two components that make a volcano eruption dangerous/ explosive? |
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| Why do silica and water vapor make the eruption more dangerous/ explosive? |
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| The silica acts like a glue which traps gasses in the volcano, and the water vapor cause preasure which will make the volcano more explosive. |
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