Structure of a Volcano
This is formed when magma squeezes its way through the crust and forms a reservoir
What is a magma chamber?
This volcano is formed from eruptions composed of tephra
What is a cinder cone volcano?
This volcano is one that has erupted recently
What is an active volcano?
In this eruption the volcano produces a large amount of fluid lava.
What is a Hawaiian eruption?
More than a fourth of volcanoes are found here
What is The Ring of Fire?
This is formed when trapped gases blast an opening through the earth's surface
What is a vent?
This volcano has lava that erupts from fissures at the base
What is a shield volcano?
This volcano has not erupted in recorded history
This eruption comes from a volcano that has lain dormant for a long time.
What is a Plinian eruption?
This volcano is located in Washington and is an example of when one plate is forced downward into the hot mantle
Mount St. Helens
After reaching the earth's surface, magma is called this
What is lava?
This type of volcano produces cinders and lava
What is a composite volcano?
Mount St. Helens is an example of this volcano
What is an active volcano?
This kind of eruption produces lava fountains and lava curtains.
What is a Hawaiian eruption?
These islands were formed in the middle of crustal plates when lava plumes melt through the crust allowing the magma to reach the surface
What is Hawaii?
The large volume of gas from steam increases what force
What is pressure?
Large lakes are formed in this, formed after a magma chamber caves in
What is a caldera?
Mount Kilimanjaro is an example of this volcano
What is an extinct volcano?
This type of eruption is noisy but mild
What is a Strombolian eruption?
This volcano is a cinder cone volcano and grew to 1,300 feet in only nine years
What is Paricutin volcano?
Vent that allows molten rock and hot gases to escape
What is a volcano?
This type of volcano is usually formed by a single eruption
What is a cinder cone volcano?
This type of volcano has erupted recently and is now inactive
What is a dormant volcano?
This eruption expels hot clouds of gas and dust.
What is Plinian eruption
This is an extinct volcano located in Japan.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?