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Volcano
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Science
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 were magma escapes
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Crater
Definition
Steep Sided depression inside volcano
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Hot Spot
Definition
It is a weak spot in the earths crust
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What increases the largeness of the explosion
Definition
The amount of silica, or water vapor
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Shield Volcano
Definition
A volcano with a gentle slope
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Cinder Cone
Definition
A volcano with a steep slope
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Composite Cone
Definition
It is an intermediate slope
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What does VEI stand for
Definition
Volcanic Explosativity indents
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What was the largest volcanic eruption of historic times
Definition
Mount Tambour
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What was the volcano that buried Pompeii
Definition
Vesuvius
Term
What were people buried in Lava or Ash
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Ash
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what is the largest volcano in the world
Definition
Mona Loa
Term
Between the 1600 and 1982 where in the world have the most people died as a result of Volcanoes
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Indonesia
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What was the most destructive volcano in U.S history
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Mount Saint Helens
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Which boundary does more volcanos occur at
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Convergent
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What was the name of the volcano
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