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Rock | A solid earth material made of various minerals. Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary are the 3 types of rocks. |
Igneous Rock | A solid earth material that forms when magma or lava cools and crystallizes on or below the earth’s surface. |
Mineral | A naturally formed, inorganic solid composed of one or more elements. |
Shield Volcanoes | wide, broadly sloping volcanoes forms from fast flowing lava that comes from fissures and hot spots. These volcanoes are wide and flat. |
bubbling mud pots | When hot springs become choked with pieces of weathered rock that break off from the surrounding rock, _ _ _ are formed |
Cinder Cone Volcanoes | smaller than shield and composite volcanoes |
geyser | springs that spout hot water and steam |
hot spring | Super-hot water mixes with cool groundwater not under pressure, it rises to the surface anc causes__ . |
Composite Volcanoes | tall and pointed; form from alternating eruptions of lava and ash. |