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This type of volcano erupts with some degree of regularity

Intermittent

What portion of the mantle is hot enough to begin melting rocks into magma

asthenosphere

What Massive ice formations that begin at high altitudes and are comprised of many years of snowfall that never completely melt are called

These are called 'glaciers', which are disappearing at an alarming rate.

When the lava stops erupting out of the central vent what is left at the top

A bowl-shaped crater opening

Which planet claims the largest volcanic cone in the solar system

Mars.

When magma reaches the exterior of the Earth's crust it becomes

Lava

Which of these is the result of a spring forming in a desert region

oasis

Which volcanoes form from the fallen cinders and tephra of an eruption

Cinder Cone

When magma does not have enough pressure to break completely through the neck and into a central vent it forms

When magma does not have enough pressure to break completely through the neck and into a central vent, it forms a Dike.

Which boundary is known as a constructive boundary

Divergent

Compared to landform crust the ocean crust is

younger

Earthquakes that originate beneath the ocean floor produce huge tidal waves called what

tsunami

The crevice through which the magma bursts is called the .

fissure

What do the Trees and other plants give off water vapor through the process of

Trees and other plants give off water vapor through their aerial parts (stomata) during a process called transpiration.

What is magma rises it carves a tube-shaped structure

Conduit

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