Eruptions
Volcano Types
Lava Types
Features
Causes
100
This is the most common type of eruption.
What is nonexplosive?
100
There are this many different types of volcanoes.
What is 3?
100
Define the difference between magma and lava.
What is magma is inside the earth, lava is on the surface?
100
This is formed at the central vent at the top of a volcano.
What is a crater?
100
This is the location of most of Earth's volcanos.
What is the Ring of Fire?
200
This type of eruption releases huge amounts of ash, debris, and gas.
What is explosive?
200
This type of volcano is built up layer of lava from nonexplosive eruptions.
What is shield?
200
This type of lava forms in submarine volcanoes.
What is pillow lava?
200
These are openings on the surface where volcanic material comes to the surface?
What are vents?
200
At this type of plate boundary, new crust is being formed through volcanic activity.
What is divergent?
300
Hawaii is an example of this feature under the earth that creates volcano chains.
What is a hot spot?
300
This type of volcano are made of pyroclastic materials. They are smaller and usually erupt for a short amount of time.
What is cinder cone?
300
This type of lava looks like sharp edged chunks.
What is blocky lava?
300
This is where the magma that feeds the volcano is found.
What is the magma chamber?
300
At the type of plate boundary old crust is being subducted to form magma.
What is convergent?
400
True or false. Magma with a high water content is more explosive.
What is true?
400
Mount St. Helens is an example of this type of explosive volcano.
What is composite?
400
This type of lava is brittle and continues to flow underneath the crust.
What is aa lava?
400
This is formed when the magma chamber collapses.
What is a caldera?
400
At these points, a mantle plume causes a volcano is the middle of a plate.
What is a hot spot?
500
True or false. Silica rich magma creates nonexplosive volcanoes.
What is false?
500
Name a location of a shield volcano.
What is Hawaii?
500
This type of lava is much like candlewax.
What is pahoehoe lava?
500
This landform is created from non explosive volcanoes that build up layers of material.
What is a lava plateau?
500
Scientists measure these other natural disasters to predict volcanoes.
What are earthquakes?
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