Parts of a Volcano
The molten rock that is inside a volcano.
What is magma?
What volcano is currently erupting or will erupt in the near future?
An active volcano.
TRUE OR FALSE: Stratovolcanoes have steep sides.
True.
True
This area is found in the Pacific Ocean and consists of 75% of the Earth's volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
The uppermost part of a volcano
What is the throat?
What volcano is unlikely to erupt again?
An extinct volcano.
TRUE OR FALSE: Shield volcanoes are mostly made of basalt.
True.
True or False: Vesuvius is located in Italy.
True
These birds lay their eggs near volcanoes for the heat.
What are maleo birds?
These are projectiles ejected from a volcano that are dangerous.
What are volcanic bombs?
What volcano is not expected to erupt soon but will in the future?
A dormant volcano.
Give the three types of volcanoes.
Shield, lava dome, and stratovolcanoes/composite.
What is Vesuvius famous for?
Destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
What is the definition of a volcano?
(Sample Answer) They are spots in the Earth's crust that allow magma to seep through.
What is magma that has been blocked by rock and ash called?
What is a dike?
Give an example of an active volcano.
Mount Kilauea.
Give two examples of shield volcanoes.
Kilauea and Mauna Loa.
Give three examples of famous volcanoes mentioned in the slides.
(Sample Answer) Vesuvius, St. Helens, and Krakatoa
Lava is inside the volcano, while magma is the liquid rock that seeps out of a volcano.
False; it is the reverse.
What is magma that cools and crystallizes in a dike?
What is silt?
Name the three stages of a volcano.
Active, dormant, and extinct.
About what percent of volcanoes are lava-dome forming?
6 percent.
Where is Krakatoa located?
Indonesia.
Name three ways volcanoes can be monitored.
(Sample answer) Observing earthquakes , using a tiltmeter, or using satellites.