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- Lava dome (958 bytes)
1: ...e unstable and prone to collapse. When part of a lava dome collapses while it still contains molten roc...
3: Some of the world's most famous active lava domes include those at [[Merapi volcano]] in [[Ja... - Lava flow (9578 bytes)
4: ... 0 1em 1em; font-size: 90%; background: #f9f9f9; width: 250px; padding: 4px; spacing: 0px; text-align:...
6: ...argin-left: 60px;">Look up '''''[[wiktionary:Lava|Lava]]''''', '''''[[wiktionary:Aa|‘A‘a]]''...
9: ... flow many miles before eventually cooling and solidifying.
11: ... [[1737]]. In this he described "a flow of fiery lava" in analogy to the flow of water and mud down the...
12: ...iginal.jpg|thumb|right|250px|10m high fountain of lava]] - Lava (9992 bytes)
4: ... 0 1em 1em; font-size: 90%; background: #f9f9f9; width: 250px; padding: 4px; spacing: 0px; text-align:...
6: ...argin-left: 60px;">Look up '''''[[wiktionary:Lava|Lava]]''''', '''''[[wiktionary:Aa|‘A‘a]]''...
9: ... flow many miles before eventually cooling and solidifying.
11: ... [[1737]]. In this he described "a flow of fiery lava" in analogy to the flow of water and mud down the...
12: ...iginal.jpg|thumb|right|250px|10m high fountain of lava]]
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- Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ...ed into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a [[rheid|rheic]] upper [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] ([[asth...
22: ...ormed by [[vulcanism]] which is the deposition of lava from [[volcano]]es, as opposed to the ''[[Neptuni...
26: ... believed in uniformitarianism, the idea was not widely accepted at the time.
36: ...geology. Many of these involve the ability to provide the relative ages of strata or the manner in whi...
42: ...se foreign bodies are picked up as [[magma]] or [[lava]] flows, and are incorporated, later to cool in t... - Age of the Earth (20052 bytes)
1: .... [[Ca-Al-rich inclusions]] - the oldest known solid constituents within [[meteorites]] which are form...
6: ... the future beyond the end of humankind. One who did was [[Aristotle]], who thought the Earth and [[un...
9: ...st to undertake this exercise, suggesting in the mid-[[18th Century]] that the Earth had been created ...
11: Lomonosov's ideas were mostly speculative, but in [[1779]] the [...
13: Very few of their colleagues paid them much mind. Many left the question of the age... - Igneous rock (11419 bytes)
1: ...canic flow on the Big Island of Hawaii. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ... [[rock (geology)|rock]] ([[magma]]) cools and solidifies, with or without [[crystal]]lization, either...
10: ... on the Earth's surface by a relatively thin but widespread layer of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks...
27: ...The mineral grains in such rocks can generally be identified with the naked eye.
33: ...[[volcano|volcanic eruptions]] and, therefore, solidify in atmospheric conditions. - Basalt (2961 bytes)
2: ...rained and dense. Basalt in the tops of subaerial lava flows and cinders will often be highly vesiculate...
4: ...ly) associated with underwater eruptions. Amygdaloidal structure is common in relic [[vesicle (geology...
8: ...he Elder|Pliny]] used the word basalt and it is said to have had an [[Ethiopia]]n origin, meaning a bl...
17: ...ks, 2nd ed.|Year=1985|Publisher=McGraw-Hill, Inc.|ID=ISBN 0-07-031658-9}} - Volcano (27295 bytes)
1: ...no2.jpg|thumb|225px|left|Volcano Illustration provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
2: ... (rock of the earth's interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature) erupts through ...
10: ...ry fluid) and is pushed up in a blob that will solidify relatively quickly. [[Lassen Peak]] in [[Calif...
12: ...times substituted by the older chemistry terms "acidic" and "basic", respectively. The latter were tho...
15: ...ry fluid, contributing to long flows. The largest lava shield on [[Earth]], [[Mauna Loa]], is 9,000 m hi... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
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39: ...only state that continues to grow due to active [[lava]] flows, most notably from [[Kilauea|Kīlauea...
46: ...Hawaiian]] and [[Hawaiian English]]. [[Hawaiian Pidgin]] is an unofficial language. The [[state song...
54: ...presently active. The last volcanic eruption outside the Island of Hawaii happened at [[Haleakala]] o...
56: ...lands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the wide range of environments to be found on high island... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
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36: ...; east of the Cascades the climate is much more arid. In fact, on average Oregon is as dry as Texas, ...
38: ....ə.ˌgɑn]}} is also common, but considered incorrect by locals.
41: :''state of scenic grandeur and easygoing individualism [that] is writing the preface to what may b...
43: ... Bottle Bill]], but has also suffered from the rapid pace of logging in its forests. - Cretaceous (7391 bytes)
6: ...yer has been tightly dated at 65.5 MYA. This [[bolide]] collision is probably responsible for the majo...
57: ..., raising [[sea level|eustatic sea level]]s worldwide. To the north of Africa the [[Tethys Sea]] conti...
59: ...sive lava beds called the [[Deccan Traps]] were laid down in the very late Cretaceous and early Paleoc...
63: ...d ([[Campanian|Campanian age]]). Their evolution aided by the appearance of [[bee]]s, in fact angiospe...
69: ...rse. [[Pterosaur]]s were common in the early and middle Cretaceous, but as the Cretaceous proceeded fa... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: [[image:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: A '''cave''' is a natural underground void large enough for an adult human to enter. Some sc...
10: ...e at Craters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG|thumb|300px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the Moon National Monum...
11: ...ools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends.
12: The liquid lava inside the crust flows out and leaves a hollow tube. - Landform (3582 bytes)
4: ...mb|right|Landform of Cappodocia, Turkey.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
22: *[[ridge]]
30: ...ight|Coastal landform of Rhodes, Greece.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
51: *[[Ocean ridge]] & [[oceanic trench]]
120: *[[lava dome]] - Mercury (planet) (22924 bytes)
3: ... not realized it could alternately appear on one side of the Sun and then the other. It was called [[H...
16: ...tidal bulge]]s, raised by the [[Sun]] (the Sun's tides on Mercury are about 17% stronger than the Moon...
21: ...rsa]], ''i.e.'' [[ridge|ridges]] - see [[List of ridges on Mercury]]
32: ...ays, a [[solar day]] (the length between two [[meridian]] [[Astronomical transit|transit]]s of the Sun...
37: ...llapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" align="right" width="280px" - Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
7: ...in]], ''[[Wiktionary:Venereal|Venereal]]'', is avoided because of its modern association with [[sexual...
14: ...not vary significantly between the night and day sides of Venus despite its extremely slow rotation (l...
18: ...y composed of [[sulfur dioxide]] and [[sulfuric acid]] droplets and cover the planet completely, obscu...
23: ...close enough together, or it may simply be a coincidence.
27: ...ar intervals that inundate its surface with fresh lava. Other recent findings suggest that Venus is stil... - Mars (27704 bytes)
4: ...and oddly-shaped, possibly being captured [[asteroid]]s. The prefix '''areo-''' refers to Mars.
8: ...le. Its red, fiery appearance is caused by Iron Oxide (rust) on its surface. Mars has only a quarter t...
11: ...The atmosphere on Mars is 95 percent [[carbon dioxide]], 3 percent [[nitrogen]], 1.6 percent [[argon]]...
13: ...e volcanic methane is accompanied by [[sulfur dioxide]].
18: ...lished in [[1999]] is that these bands could be evidence of the past operation of [[plate tectonics]] ... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
1: ...ge:Pompeii7.jpg|right|thumb|Ruins in Pompeii, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ... vessels to save some of those trapped in the seaside towns.
7: ...Image:Pompeii6.jpg|left|thumb|View of Pompeii provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
16: ...Image:Pompeii_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Pompeii Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
18: ...ty and obscured the sun on a mild afternoon. Coincidentally, the date was that of the [[Vulcanalia]], ... - Sodalite (4894 bytes)
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23: | [[Fracture]]|| Conchoidal to uneven - brittle
39: ...[[hydrochloric acid|hydrochloric]] and [[nitric acid]]s
47: ...dalite''' is a rare, rich royal blue [[mineral]] widely enjoyed as an ornamental [[gemstone|stone]]. O... - Yellowstone National Park (23738 bytes)
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9: <td>[[Idaho]], [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]]</td></tr>
25: ...ark]] located in the [[U.S. states|states]] of [[Idaho]], [[Montana]], and [[Wyoming]]. Yellowstone i...
27: ...ion of humans falling to as little as 10,000 individuals.
34: ...ley]] which strongly indicate that a regular [[obsidian trade]] existed between Yellowstone Native Ame... - Ankara (15129 bytes)
1: ...03.jpg|thumb|350px|right|View of Ankara|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
16: ...11.jpg|250px|thumb|Anitkabir, mausoleum|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa...
26: ...section has the trappings of a more modern city: wide streets, hotels, theaters, shopping malls, and h...
28: ...the city is home to the state theater and the Presidential Philharmonic Orchestra. [[Anitkabir|Anı...
38: ...m the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipa... - Magma (871 bytes)
1: ...oducts of a volcanic eruption usually contain liquids, crystals and dissolved gases which have never b...
2: Igneous rocks are derived from magma through solidification and related processes or through eruptio...
3: [[Image:Molten_lava_flowing.jpg|250px|left|thumb]] - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: '''Death Valley National Park''' is a mostly [[arid]] [[National Park]] located east of the [[Sierra ...
3: ...own non-[[Native American]]s to enter the Valley did so in the winter of [[1849]], thinking they would...
9: ... causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence there.
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36: Uplift of surrounding mountain ranges and subsidence of the valley floor are both occurring. The u... - Sand (3758 bytes)
1: ...nt in Sand near Morrow Bay, California. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: ...ules ranging in size from 0.063 to 2 mm. An individual particle in this range size is termed a '''san...
5: ...en in color, as are sands derived from basalts ([[lava]]s) with a high olivine content. The gypsum sand ...
6: ...umb|300px|Beach and Sand, Tulum Mexico. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
14: Sandy soils are ideal for certain crops such as [[watermelon]]s and ...
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