Volcano Types
How many volcano types are there?
What is four?
The term for the sudden movement of earth’s surface due to shifting tectonic plates.
What is an earthquake?
What are the four layers of the Earth?
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
In what country is Mount St. Helens located?
Where is the United States?
What is a volcano type that is symmetrical?
Composite/stratovolcanoes or Cinder Cones
This event often occurs just before a volcanic eruption.
What are earthquakes?
The two main types of tectonic plates.
What are oceanic plates and continental plates?
In what country is the Sarchyev volcano located?
Where is Russia?
These are small, steep-sided volcanoes formed by volcanic ash and rock fragments.
What are cinder cones?
About this percentage of earthquakes happen along continental edges.
What is 90%?
The dense, hot layer beneath the Earth’s crust responsible for plate movement.
What is the mantle?
In what country is Mount Pinatubo located?
Where is the Philippines?