Volcanoes
What are volcanoes?
a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
What are earthquakes?
a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
tsunami
Name the types of volcanoes
cinder, shield, composite
What causes earthquakes?
sudden slip on a fault
a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.
tornado
Name the phases of volcanoes
active, dormant, extinct
Types of plates
a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.
wildfire
Where are most of the volcanoes loacted?
the Ring of Fire
Where do most earthquakes happen?
at plate boundaries in the Ring of Fire
a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean
Hurricane