Volcanoes
Magma on the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
The most common type of volcano
What is cinder cone?
This stage is when a volcano has recently erupted
What is active?
Opening at the top or side of a volcano where lava erupts
What is a vent?
A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
What is an Earthquake?
A mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth
What is a volcano?
The steepest and tallest volcano
What is a composite volcano?
In this stage the volcano is one which has not erupted in a long time but it can erupt in the future.
What is dormant?
Molten liquid under the ground
What is magma?
Most earthquakes occur here
What are plate boundaries?
Lava flows, hot ash flows, mudslides, avalanches, falling ash, and floods
What can eruptions cause?
This type of volcano has a wide base and a large bowl shaped opening at the top
What is a shield volcano?
During this stage, the volcano has erupted thousands of years ago and there is no way it will erupt again.
What is extinct?
The area around the opening of a volcano that is shaped like a bowl
What is a crater?
The area around the opening of a volcano that is shaped like a bowl
What is a crater?
Before an eruption, earthquakes commonly
What is increase in number?
Mount Rainier, Washington
What is a composite volcano?
The name of the volcano Mr. Simmons has been watching
What is Fagradalsfjall Volcano?
Channel running up the center of the volcano.
What is the main vent?
To suddenly explode and send out rocks, ash, and lava
What is an eruption?
The depression that results when a volcanic cone collapses over an emptying magma chamber.
What is a caldera
The types of volcanoes
What are shield, composite, and cinder?
The stages of volcanoes
What are extinct, active, and dormant?
Tiny pieces of rocks, minerals, and volcanic glass that are formed during volcanic eruptions and escape into the atmosphere
What is an ash cloud?
Tiny pieces of rocks, minerals, and volcanic glass that are formed during volcanic eruptions and escape into the atmosphere
What is volcanic ash?