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rock, hot gases, and other materials erupt. Volcanoes often form a hill or
mountain as layers of rock and ash build up from repeated eruptions.
Volcanoes are classified as active, dormant, or extinct.
Batholith is a type of igneous rock that forms when magma rises into the
earth's crust, but does not erupt onto the surface.
Sill is a planar sheet of magma which is parallel to the surrounding rock. Sills
store magma compared to dikes which transport magma.
Dikes are tabular or sheet-like bodies of magma that cut through and across
the layering of adjacent rocks. They form when magma rises into an existing
fracture, or creates a new crack by forcing its way through existing rock, and
then solidifies.
Lava is a molten rock that issues from a volcano or from a fissure in the
surface of a planet (such as earth) or moon. also : such rock that has cooled
and hardened.