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lava, magma (molten rock) emerging as a liquid onto Earth's surface.

The term lava is also


used for the solidified rock formed by the cooling of a molten lava flow. The temperatures of
molten lava range from about 700 to 1,200 °C (1,300 to 2,200 °F)

Active volcanoes have a recent history of eruptions; they are likely to erupt again. Dormant volcanoes
have not erupted for a very long time but may erupt at a future time. Extinct volcanoes are not expected
to erupt in the future. Inside an active volcano is a chamber in which molten rock, called magma,
collects.
A plate boundary is a three-dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant
change in the velocity (speed or direction) of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to
the adjacent lithospheric plate.

A plate boundary is a three-dimensional surface or zone across which there is a significant


change in the velocity (speed or direction) of motion of one lithospheric plate relative to
the adjacent lithospheric plate.
Earthquake is a term used to describe both sudden slip on a fault, and the resulting ground
shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip, or by volcanic or magmatic
activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth.

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