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| An opening in the Earth’s crust that erupts gases, ash and lava |
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| Opening where magma escapes |
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| Steep sided depression inside a volcano |
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| What is the most common boundary a Volcano is found on? |
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| What is the most uncommon boundary a Volcano can be found on? |
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| Weak spots in crust I.e. Hawaiian Islands |
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| What does the amount of water vapor and gas do to volcanoes? |
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| More water and gas more explosive |
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| It can effect the explosiveness of a Volcano's eruption |
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| What is a Shield Volcano? |
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| It has a gentle slope (mostly lava) |
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| What is a Cinder Cone Volcano? |
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| It has a steep slope (mostly ash) |
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| It has an intermediate slope (ash and lava mix) |
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| What does V.E.I stand for? |
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| Volcanic Explosivity Irnoes |
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| What was the largest Volcanic Eruption in historic time? |
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| What was the Volcano that buried Pompeii? |
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| What was Pompeii buried in? |
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| Between 1600 and 1982 where in the world have the most people died as a result of volcanoes |
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| What is the largest volcano in the world |
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| What was the most destructive Volcano in U.S history |
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| True or False: Tephra effects the explosiveness in volcanos |
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| False, Tephra is ash that clumps up and falls from the sky from a volcano |
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