Volcanoes
Shakes and Quakes
Volcanoes again
100
A volcano that is short and wide
Shield Volcano
100
A break or crack in rocks where the Earth's crust can move is called .....
A fault
100
Why is a cone volcano shaped like it is?
It has thick lava so when it flows out of a crack in the Earths crust, it piles up into a cone shape as it hardens.
200
A shield Volcano is short and wide. Why does it have this shape?
A shield volcano has thin lava, when it flows from a crack in the Earths crust it spreads out creating a wide volcano when it cools.
200
An eruption that may darken the sky with ash would come from this kind of volcano.
A cone volcano
300
Name 2 rapid changes to Earth's surface that may come form a volcano eruption
Land covered in hardening lava, Forest near volcano destroyed, everything covered in ash, etc.
300
A volcano is formed when......
magma is forced upward through the Earth’s crust. The magma will then cool and harden into a volcano.
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