Volcanic Eruptions
Mountian Building Forces
Faults
Types of Volcanos
Tension, Compression, and Shearing
100
Magma that reaches earths surface
What is Lava
100
Normaly forms mountians
What is Tectonic Plates
100
Uplifts a block of rock
What is Normal Fault/ Reverse Fault
100
Most common form of volcano/ open on top of volcano
What is Cinder cone
100
When the plates are pulling apart
What is Tension
200
Lava flows out of this opeaning in a volcano
What is Vent
200
Happens when one layer of the crust goes under the other layer
What is Subduction
200
causes a fault to slip, and go sideways
What is Strike- slip fault
200
Dome made of cooled lava that forms around the vent
What is Lava dome
200
When two plates push together
What is Compression
300
Comes out of some volcanos when it erupts (Besides lava)
What is Ash
300
Can some volcanos acually help the enviroment?
Yes, The cooled lava addes new land to the existing one
300
Fault are causesd by this
What is stress caused by tectonic plates
300
Can riseup to 22,000 feet above sea level and looks somewhat like a hill/ shield
What is Shield volcano
300
When two plates push past each other
What is Shearing
400
Rock that forms from cooled lava
What is Igneous rock
400
Mountians usally form on these lines
What is Fault lines
400
When faults hit each other, this can happen
What is Earthquakes
400
Looks like a mountian/ has a closed top
What is Composite Volcano
400
Also known as a Convergent Boundary
What is Compression
500
Under ground pools of magma
What is Lava pockets
500
Are there mountians taller than mount Everest?
Yes, There are mountians on the sea floor taller than mount. Everest
500
When a block of rock gets uplifted in reverse
What is Reverse fault
500
Most violent eruption of all of the volcanos
What is Shield Volcano
500
Has the same effect of you rubbing your hands together
What is Transform boundary
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