| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 'A'a | rough, spiny type of lava Sheild volcano |
| Sima | Ocean crust |
| Sial | Earth Crst |
| Pahoehoe | smooth or ropy Sheild |
| Scoria | bubbly glassy explosive |
| Viscosity | B low A high |
| Slica | silica B low A high |
| Time to cool | B long A short |
| steep or gentle | B gentle A sloping |
| What else is ejected | B steam A Ash Rock Gases Lava |
| Where is Balsaltic or Andesitic Lava found | B contructive plate margins where mamga rises from the mantle destructive plate margins where oceanic crust is destroy. |
| Columnar Joining | Balsaltic lava fractured and shaped into cylindrical columns |
| Dike | igneous rock that has inturded through a differnt rock |
| sill | Igneous rock that inturdes between rock layers |
| Lacolith | Igneous rock that intruded between rock layers, pools, creates a dome like feature that pushes up the layer above it |
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