Tectonic Plates
Volcanic Dissection
Ring of Fire
Famous Volcanoes
100
The subduction of an oceanic plate under a continental plate is known as what kind of collusion
What is a converging plate collusion
100
The area where magma pools prior to an eruption
What is the large magma chamber
100
The majority of volcanoes occur in this area, commonly called
What is The Ring of Fire
100
This Volcano is located near Seattle, Washington and has erupted 3 times in the last 4000 years.
What is Mount St. Helens
200
When two plates move apart in opposite directions
What is diverging plates
200
Is a volcano without a crater old or young
Young, because it has not blown its top yet!
200
The ring of fire is where many plates collide, causing an abundance of seismic activity. Name three plates that collide in the Ring of Fire.
What is The Pacific Plate, Indo-Australlian Plate, Nazca Plate, Eurasian Plate, North American Plate, and Antarctic Plate
200
This Italian Volcano erupted in 79AD killing approximately 20,000 people.
What is Mount Vesuvius
300
This zone is where the oceanic plate turns into magma under the continental plate
What is the subduction zone
300
This material of ash and rock explodes out of the crater of the volcano at the start of an eruption
What is Plume
300
This series of Asian islands makes up a country that is frequently effected by tectonic activity
What is Japan
300
This volcano erupted pre historical recording and continues to be seismically active. It is made famous by "Old Faithful"
What is Yellowstone Wyoming
400
This molten rock spreads across the ocean floor when plates diverge
What is Magma
400
these small openings on the side of volcanoes release magma and ash
What is parasitic cones
400
This American State is a chain of islands that continues to expand in the ring of fire due to constant volcanic activity
What is Hawaii
400
This Volcano is responsible for 66,000 casualties, the most human deaths of any recorded volcano to date. It is located where?
What is Tambora, Indonesia
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