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What is a mountain or hill having a cup like crater at the summit, formed around such a vent from the ash and lava expelling through it?
Volcano
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What type of volcano is Etna (Italy)?
Active
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What type of volcano is Karymsky Volcano (Kamchatka Russia)?
Active
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What type of volcano is a volcano that erupts regularly?
Active
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What type of volcano is a volcano which is inactive but not extinct?
Dormant
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What type of volcano is Mount Vesuvius?
Dormant
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What type of volcano is Soufriere Hills (Montserrat)?
Dormant
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What type of volcano is the volcano that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again, because it no longer has lava supply?
Extinct
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What is a very hot mixture of volcanic debris that flow downhill at high speed?
Pyroclastic flow
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What is a spot formed when lava breaks through the sides of volcano and starts growing?
Secondary cone
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What is a volcanic landform created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano?
Plug
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What is the outlet for magma to escape?
Vent
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What is the shaking and vibration on the Earth's crust due to movement of the Earth's plates?
Earthquake
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What is the boundary of two plates which are moving to each other?
Destructive/ convergent margin
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