Volcano Review

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What is the difference between magma and lava?

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Lava is outside the Earth, magma is inside.

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Name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

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Ring of Fire

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Volcanoes around the edge of the Pacific Plate are formed in these zones: Induction, Subduction, Abduction, Exduction.

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Subduction

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Ways scientists classify volcanoes: How often they erupt, The way they erupt, The shape of the volcano, The country they erupt

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The country they erupt

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Facts about cinder-cone volcanoes: explosive eruptions, small in size, bowl-shaped crater. Which is NOT a fact?

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very gentle slopes

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Characteristics of shield volcanoes: gentle slopes, large mountains, quiet eruptions.

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very explosive eruptions

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Composite-cone volcanoes contain all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: gentle slopes at the bottom, steep slopes at the top, also called "stratovolcanoes", least explosive

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least explosive

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Do intermittent volcanoes erupt constantly?

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False

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Extinct volcanoes have not erupted in recorded history.

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True

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Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.

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True