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← Science 12.4 Vocab Test
5 Written Questions
5 Multiple Choice Questions
- Hawaii, Yellowstone
- the ability of a material to resist flow
- consists of rock , mineral, and volcanic glass fragments, size of pinhead
- high viscosity, high explosive eruptions, medium, lava and pyroclastic flows, subduction zone, Mt. Fuji Mt. St. Helens Krakatoa
- high viscosity, high gas straight up, smaller w/ narrow piles of pyroclastic particles, vertical eruption, on sides of other volcanoes, Paricutin Wizard Iland
5 True/False Questions
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volcano → opening in the earth's crust that allows magma, pyroclasts, and gases to escape
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lava → molten rock, ability to flow depends on silica and moisture content, made up of crystals, volcanic glass, and bubbles
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lahar → rapidly flowing mixture of rock debris and water, muddy rock (indonesian)
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pyroclastic flow → opening in the earth's crust that allows magma, pyroclasts, and gases to escape
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tephra → term for fragments of volcanic rock and lava that are blasted into the air (bomb, block, lapilli, ash, cinder)
Regenerate Test