Parts of a Volcano
Volcanic Landforms
Volcabulary
Eruption Zones
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Magma that flows out onto Earth's surface.
What is lava?
100
This is formed when quiet eruptions gradually build on top of sloping mountain sides.
What is shield volcano
100
A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.
What is a volcano?
100
This happens when lava pours slowly out of the vents
What is a quiet eruption
100
This line of longitude divides East from West
What is the Prime Meridian
200
Reservoirs from which volcanic materials erupt.
What is a magma chamber?
200
Cinders, ashes and bombs erupt to form a cone-shaped hill
What is cinder-cone volcano?
200
A volcano that is not currently active, but may become active in the future.
What is a dormant volcano?
200
This 50th state of the Union is formed on top of this.
What is hot spot?
200
This line of latitude runs at 0 degrees
What is the Equator
300
Openings through which volcanic materials erupt and are located near the peak of the mountain.
What is the vent.
300
Alternating eruptions between quiet and explosive forming layers of lava and ash
What is composite volcano
300
These lines run east to west.
What is latitude?
300
Old Faithful
What is a geyser?
300
This Roman vacation destination was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Where is Pompeii
400
The bowl-shaped area that forms around the top of the mountain.
What is a crater?
400
A string of islands formed by the volcanoes along a deep-ocean trench.
What is an Island Arc?
400
These lines run north to south.
What is longitude?
400
A violent eruption
What is an Explosive Eruption
400
This Washington state volcano last erupted in 1980
What is Mt. Saint Helens
500
Area on Earths surface where most volcanoes form.
What are plate boundaries?
500
A major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire
500
A volcano that is no longer active and is unlikely to erupt again.
What is an extinct volcano
500
This forms when groundwater is heated by a nearby body of magma.
What is a hot spring?
500
This volcano destroyed the Roman town of Pompeii
What is Mt. Vesuvius
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