Volcanoes
Volcano Parts
Kinds of Volcanoes
Earth
Pompeii
100
Along plate boundaries
Where are volcanoes usually found?
100
Vent
What is the name of the opening through which volcanic materials erupt?
100
Runny
What kind of lava causes a shield volcano?
100
Tectonic plates
The Earth's surface is thought to be made up of these.
100
Vesuvius
Name the volcano situated near Pompeii.
200
Constructive plate boundary
When tectonic plates move apart, it is called a 'what' boundary?
200
Magma chamber
What is the chamber in the volcano that contains molten rock?
200
A composite volcano is made up of layers of ash and rock.
What is a composite volcano?
200
Core
The Earth's centre is made up of a ball of molten iron called what?
200
Yes
Will Vesuvius erupt again?
300
Destructive plate boundary
What kind of boundary is it when plates collide and slip below each other?
300
Magma is molten rock inside a volcano, whereas lava is molten rock outside of a volcano.
What is the difference between magma and lava?
300
A caldera volcano is like a cauldron with a lake of lava in the centre.
What is a caldera volcano?
300
Crust
The uppermost layer of the Earth is called the what?
300
79AD
In what year was the eruption that buried Pompeii?
400
When volcanoes violently erupt.
What is a pyroclastic explosion?
400
Ash, gas, rock
Apart from lava, what else can come from an erupting volcano?
400
Pacific
In what ocean would you find the Ring of Fire?
400
The mantle
What layer sits between the crust and the core?
400
Pyroclastic
What kind of volcanic eruption buried Pompeii
500
Vulcanologist
What is someone who studies volcanoes called?
500
Conduit
What is the name of the passage through which magma flows from the magma chamber to the vent?
500
Ring of Fire
Where are 90% of the world's active volcanoes located?
500
The Himalayas were made by tectonic plates pushing into one another.
How were the Himalayas made?
500
Naples/Napoli
What is the name of the Italian town currently located at the base of Mt Vesuvius near Pompeii?
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