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| volcanoes definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | openings in earth's crust from which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases flow or erupt | 5 sets | |
| 2 | volcano | 4 sets | |
| 3 | there are usually ____________ on top of subduction zones | 3 sets | |
| 4 | caused by magma puching up and breaking the surface | 3 sets | |
| 5 | create fertile land along with destruction in ca | 2 sets | |
| 6 | a vent in the earth's crust through which lava, steam, ashes, etc., are expelled, either continuously or at irregular intervals. | 2 sets | |
| 7 | opening of earth's surface where molten rock flows | 1 set | |
| 8 | pl. any opening in the crust of the earth through which molten rock, dust, ash, and hot gases are thrown forth | 1 set | |
| 9 | erupting mountains | 1 set | |
| 10 | contributed gases and compounds, heated "primordial stew" | 1 set | |
| 11 | an opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected. | 1 set | |
| 12 | areas on top of the earth where magma and volcanic gases come out | 1 set | |
| 13 | erupting mountains, from the idea of vulcan's steaming forges | 1 set | |
| 14 | often occur at plate boundaries, when friction between the plates melts rock that is then pushed up to the surface | 1 set | |
| 15 | japanese islands were formed as a result of _________ | 1 set | |
| 16 | an opening in the earth's crust through which steam, ashes, and lava are forced out | 1 set | |
| 17 | there are approx. 1511 volcanoes still considered to be active today | 1 set | |
| 18 | can errupt, bringing a lava flow to earth's surface | 1 set | |
| 19 | these underwater mountains often form islands | 1 set | |
| 20 | released most of the gases that formed the earth's early atmosphere | 1 set | |
| 21 | mountain landforms that are formed by melted rock | 1 set | |
| 22 | mountains formed by magma from earth's interiod | 1 set | |
| 23 | landforms built by extrusion of magma from constricted openings in earth's surface – lava and tephra cool and form a variety of features | 1 set | |
| 24 | originated from vulcan, the roman god of fire, whose forge is said to be under mountains. | 1 set | |
| 25 | caused by the shifting of earth's plates. when two plates suddenly meet or shift apart, an eruption occurs. | 1 set | |
| 26 | magma (molten rock) is generated by movement within earth and between plates and because it is less dense than surrounding rock, it rises to surface. it is called lava if it reaches surface. | 1 set | |
| 27 | cause short term cooling of atmosphere | 1 set | |
| 28 | an opening in the earth's surface that when active, spews out gases, chunks of rock, and melted rock | 1 set | |
| 29 | a place where magma is pushed out through a weak place in the earth's crust | 1 set | |
| 30 | where hephaestus has his forges | 1 set | |
| 31 | landform made by the eruption of liquid rock from inside earth | 1 set | |
| 32 | not a living thing because it does not show all of the charateristics | 1 set | |
| 33 | opening in earth's crust that spews gas, ash, and lava | 1 set | |
| 34 | an opening in the earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected | 1 set | |
| 35 | produced gases that appeared in the atmosphere | 1 set | |
| 36 | gases that were in the atmosphere originally came from | 1 set | |
| 37 | what formed the greater antilles? | 1 set | |
| 38 | forms in which carbon is released as co2 into the atmosphere:, animals, fires, ______ | 1 set | |
| 39 | when tectonic plates collide, folds and faults can become these | 1 set | |
| 40 | mountains formed by lava or magma that breaks through the earth's crust | 1 set | |