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Types of volcanoes
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Earthquakes cause this natural disaster, that forms in the ocean.
What are tsunamis?
100
This is the storage tank for the lava in a volcano.
What is a magma chamber?
100
This type of volcano is steep sided and has explosive eruptions.  
What are composite volcanoes?
100
This is the study of earthquakes.
What is seismology?
200
This is the highest force of Earthquake on the Richter scale
What is ten on the Richter scale?
200
These are the pulverized volcanic rock and glass that float in the air when a volcano erupts.
What is ash?
200
These volcanoes are steep sided and erupt gas and basaltic lava.
What are composite volcanoes?
200
These scientists study earthquakes.
What are seismologists?
300
These waves are the first to be recorded by seismologists.
What are P-waves?
300
This is lava before it is erupted.
What is magma?
300
These volcanoes have gentle slopes and erupt basaltic lava.
What are shield volcanoes?
300
The machines record and measure earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
400
These are the second waves to be recorded by seismologists.
What are S-waves?
400
This is magma when it is erupted.
What is lava?
400
These volcanoes have a giant crater in the middle, from an eruption. Yellowstone national park is an example of this volcano.
What are caldera volcanoes?
400
These are records of earthquakes and paper.
What are seismograms?
500
This type of fault causes the biggest type of earthquake.
What is a strike slip fault?
500
This type of eruption consists of ash, lapilli and lava bombs.
What are pyroclastic eruptions?
500
These volcanoes are a fissure in the earth forming a volcano.
What are fissure volcanoes?
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