Vocab

Word

Volc
ano

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Word

Hot
Spo
t

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Word

Lah
ar

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Word

Definition

A landform, usually cone-shaped, produced by a collection of erupted material

around a vent, or opening, in the surface of the earth and through which gas and
erupted material pass.
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The Hawaiian Volcanic Islands were created by hotspots.

Definition

A localized zone of melting in the mantle that is relatively stationary and over which
a plate travels.
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The Hawaiian Volcanoes were created by hotspots but some volcanoes
were not.

Definition

Mud or debris flow composed of volcanic material, debris, and water that flows
down from a volcano, typically along a river valley.

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During the Mt. St. Helens eruptions thick lahars were created that toppled
trees.

Definition
Lava that flows quickly over the surface of the earth and can cover a wide
area.

Lav
a
Flow

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Word

Lav
a
Do
me

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Shield volcanoes have lots of lava flows since they are not very likely to
erupt explosively at all.

Definition
A steep-sided dome that forms at the top of a volcano when thick,
relatively cold, magma emerges from the volcanic opening.
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In Mt. St. Helens a lava dome began to form.

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Definition
The tendency to resist flow; a property of liquids and semi-liquids.
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In an explosion of Mount Krakatoa there was a lot of silica which gave the
lava a high viscosity.

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Definition
A small, bowl-shaped hole that forms when rock explodes from a volcano
during an eruption.

Visc
osit
y

Cra

ter

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Mt. St. Helens' crater had a lava dome growing in it.

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A small (less than 400 m high) cone-shaped volcano made of broken
rocks of hardened lava, called cinders, that accumulate around the
volcanic vent.
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Anuk Krakatau is a cinder cone in Indonesian Islands.

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Definition
A wide, broadly sloping volcano that forms from low-viscosity lava. It is
the largest of volcanoes.
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The hawaiian volcanoes are shield volcanoes.

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Definition
A volcano that forms from alternating eruptions of viscous lava and
broken rock and ash. It is steep near the summit and flat toward the
base.

Cin
der
Con
e
Volc
ano

Shi
eld
Volc
ano

Co
mp

osit
e
Volc
ano

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Mount Krakatau was a composite volcano that blew itself up.