Volcano Terms
The volcano belt that rims the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire
Very broad and dome-shaped
What is a Shield Volcano
Magma that has erupted/escaped Earth's interior.
What is Lava.
A mountain formed of layers of lava flows and/or pyroclastic material.
What is a volcano
This volcano is also called a stratovolcano
What is a Composite Volcano
This type of lava flows very slowly, like wax dripping from a candle.
What is Pahoehoe Lava.
A massive igneous body intruded between preexisting rock.
What is a Laccolith
This volcano has all magma types, and is very small and steep.
What is a Cinder Cone Volcano
This type of lava doesn't travel far from the erupting vent or the volcano.
What is Blocky Lava.
Mudflow made up of water-soaked volcanic ash and rock.
What is a Lahar
These types of volcanoes are located in Yellowstone National Park, and present-day Krakatoa.
What is a Caldera
This type of lava forms brittle crust.
What is Aa Lava.
A measure of fluid's resistance to flow.
What is viscosity
Produced by layers of both lava flows and pyroclastic deposits.
What is a composite volcano
This type of lava forms when eruptions occur underwater.
What is Pillow Lava.