Volcano Types
The volcano that is in a cone shape and have a bowl shaped crater at the summit.
What is a cinder cone?
What is an earthquake?
An earthquake is the vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy.
What is a volcano?
The volcano that is built almost entirely of lava flows, building a broad, flat cone of lava.
What is a shield volcano?
What is seismology?
The study of earthquake waves.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
a fast-moving current of hot volcanic gas, ash, and rock fragments that rushes down a volcano's side
The volcano that is typically large, steep sided, symmetrical cone that is built of alternating layers of lava flows, volcanic ash, and cinders
What is a composite volcano? (or stratovolcano)
What is the focus and epicenter of an earthquake?
The focus of an earthquake is is the point within Earth where the earthquake starts, and the epicenter of an earthquake is the location on the surface directly above the focus.
How are earthquakes measured?
They are measured using scales like seismographs and the Moment Magnitude Scale.
The volcano that is formed like a bulge shape, spilling loose fragments down its sides.
What is a lava dome?
Why are some earthquakes deadlier and more destructive than others?
The destructiveness of an earthquake can be influenced by the magnitude of the earthquake, the intensity, and the construction quality of the are affected.
The volcano that collapses into the Earth's surface to form a huge bowl due to the magma being removed from beneath a volcano.
What are calderas?
What is the difference between magnitude and intensity?
Intensity describes the effects of an earthquake in qualitative terms while magnitude measures the "size" of seismic waves using seismographs.