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What is a volcano?
A volcano is a mountain built from magma
What is Lava?
Lava is magma above the earth suface
What is Magma?
Magma is melted rock beneath the earth's surface
What are convergent plate boundaries?
Convergent plate boundaries are boundaries that collide with each other.
What are divergent plate boundaries?
Plate boundaries that are moving apart.
What volcano is the stratovolcanoes ?
Composite Volcano
Which Volcano is a broad domed volcano with gently sloping sides?
shield volcano
When do Volcanoes erupt?
Volcanoes erupt when the pressure of the magma inside becomes so great that it blow open the solid surface of the volcano.
Different type of volcanic eruptions form what?
different type of volcanoes.
What are substances made by volcano eruptions?
mudflow.
What is formed next to plate boundaries?
A mountain
What is one global effect of volcano eruptions?
Can change earth's climate for several years.
What is another global effect of volcano eruptions?
Ash and gas spread across the planet and reduce the amount of sunlight that reaches the upper atmosphere.
What is one local effect of a volcano eruption?
Clouds of hot,ash,dust,and gasses can flow down the slope of a volcano up to 200km/hour and saer everything in their path
What is the volcano that is a cone?
Cinder cone
What was the first volcano eruption?
Pompeii
Where was the first volcanic eruption
Mount Vesuvius
Bonus:How many people died during the Pompeii eruption?
Around 2,000 people
What was the worst volcano eruption?
Mount Tambora in 1815
When was the volcano of Pompeii?
79 A.D.
What volcano has a size of 1,500?
Shield volcano
What volcano has a size of 8,000 feet?
Composite Volcano
What type of volcano has a size if 1,200 feet?
Cinder cone