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cinder cone definitions
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1a small volcano built primarily of pyroclastic material ejected from a singl vent4 sets
2a steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs piled up around a volcano's opening3 sets
3a volcano built of cinders and other pyroclastics piled up around the volcanic vent3 sets
4steep-sloped deposit of solid fragments ejected from a volcano3 sets
5a steep conical hill of volcanic fragments that accumulate around and downwind from a volcanic vent2 sets
6a steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs.2 sets
7a steep cone shaped hill or mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs piled up at the volcano's opening2 sets
8a volcano made mostly of cinders and other rock particles that have been blown into the air2 sets
9steep sided loosely packed volcano formed when tephra falls to the ground2 sets
10a volcano that is made of loose pieces of rock2 sets
11volcano made mostly of cinders and other rock particles that have been blown into the air2 sets
12a steep, cone-shaped hill of small mountain made of volcanic ask, cinders, and bombs piled up around a volcano's opening. (p. 230)2 sets
13a _____ _____ is a volcano that is short and has steep sides2 sets
14a small, steep sided volcano1 set
15forms when material ejected high into the air falls back to earth and piles up around the vnt1 set
16the most common type of volcano; has a narrow base and steep sides (formed by thick lava that is thrown into the air)1 set
17h1 set
18a volcano that has low-silica magma and lava with high levels of dissolved gas; these volcanoes produce the "fire fountain" eruptions1 set
19cone-shaped volcano formed from lava fragments that have been ejected from a volcanic vent.1 set
20forms from accumulation of tephra1 set
21is a steep conical hill of volcanic fragments that accumulate around and downwind from a volcanic ven1 set
22a volcano that is a steep, cone shaped hill or mountain1 set
23volcanic cone that forms above ground around a vent; is made of cinders (loose volcanic fragments) and bombs (ashes and blobs of congealed lava)1 set
24a rather small volcano built primarily of ejected lava fragments that consists of pea to walnut-sized lapilli1 set
25a volcano within a volcano and it only erupts once1 set
26a cone that has steep sides; often very explosive; lots of magma in the magma chamber.1 set
27steep cone-shaped hill or mountain made of volcanic ash cinder and bombs piled up around a volcanic materials1 set
28materials build up around the vent in a steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain called this1 set
29materials build up around the vent in a steep cone shaped hill or small mt.1 set
30is a constructed of pyroclastic fragments ejected from a central vent.1 set
31when erosion wears away the outside of a volcano, sometimes a solida magma core called a _______ is left exposed1 set
32a type of volcanoe that really explodes out, it is shaped like a cone1 set
33mostly solid materials erupting, steep sided1 set
34erupting small cinders (rocks), steep sided1 set
35lava explodes into air and hardens, materials pile around forming steep cone shaped hill1 set
36a volcano created by layers of ash, cinders, and bombs1 set
37a small, steep-sided volcaneo formed from a combination of ash and cinder1 set
38a small, steep-sided volcano formed from a combination of ash and cinders1 set
39a type of volcano that is small with steep sides and violent eruptions of mostly cinder and ash.1 set
40the simplest form of volcano not exceding 1000 ft in height1 set