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A volcano with gently sloping sides that is formed by quiet eruptions of lava.Shield Volcano
Volcanoes that form from alternating layers of tephra and lava.Composite volcano
A steepsided loosely packed volcano that forms when tephra falls to the ground.Cindercone volcano
Bits of rock or solidified lava dropped from the air.Tephra
Rock that forms from cooled and hardened magma or lava.Igneous rock
Forms when a sill pushes up the rock layers above it to form a dome mountain.Laccolith
A large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses,caldera
The largest intrusive igneous rock body.Batholith
Magma that is squezzed into a horizontal crack between rock layers and hardens.Sill
Magma that is squezzed into a generally vertical crack that cuts acroos rock layers.Dike
The cone erodes away leaving behind the solid igneous core called this.volcanic neck
Can be explosive and violent or quiet lava flows.eruptions
An opening in the earth's surface that often forms a mountain when eruptions occur.volcano
An opening in earth's surface where lava flows out.vent
A steep wall depression around the volcano's vent.crater
A long deep crack that develops where crustal plates separate.rifts
Areas of teh mantle which are hotter than others and melt rock.hot spots
Not currently activeDormant
Largest eruption of the centuryMount Katmai
Largest of any eruption in 750 years that caused a lowering of global temperatures and record ozone losses.Mount Pinutubo
Hot rock that is inside a volcanomagma
hot molten rock that flows out of a volcano.lava


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