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Volcano Vocab

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  • hot, melted rock that flows onto Earth's surface from deep inside Earth
    lava
  • violent shaking or shifting motion of the ground caused by the sudden movement of rock far beneath Earth's surface
    Earthquake
  • Volcanoes look beautiful from a distance. Fact or opinion?
    opinion
  • to show us what the plates look like, the author described them as ?
    jig-saw puzzles
  • What happens when 2 plates meet?
    Earthquake
  • moves with a quick shaking motion
    trembles
  • power; strength
    force
  • firecrackers and other things that make a loud noise or go up high in the air and burst a shower of stars and sparks
    fireworks
  • What would happen if their was less pressure on the inner core
    melt
  • covered up; hidden
    buried
  • a crack in Earth's surface
    crevice
  • The part of Earth were we live
    crust
  • in a lower place; under; below
    beneath
  • What does the author compare volcanoes too?
    fireworks
  • hills or mountains built up by lava and ash around an opening in Earth's crust
    volcano
  • to crash into on another
    collide
  • Pompeii and San Francisco are alike because?
    They were both destroyed by natural events
  • What has caused some volcanoes to explode
    gas gets trapped
  • a tall, hollow column, usually made of brick, to carry away smoke from a fireplace or furnace
    chimney