Types of Volcanoes
A volcano that has low, sloping sides and puts out runny, fast lava flows.
What is a shield volcano?
Molten rock under the ground
What is magma?
A scientist who studies volcanoes.
What is a volcanologist?
Large pieces of the Earth's crust that float on top of the mantle
What are tectonic plates?
This is the largest volcano on Earth.
What is Mauna Loa?
The smallest and most common volcano.
What is a cinder cone volcano?
Molten rock outside of the volcano.
What is lava?
The area of the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's volcanoes are found
What is the Ring of Fire?
This type of lava is rope-like.
What is pahoehoe?
The number of active volcanoes in the world.
What is 1500?
A tall volcano that puts out ash, dust, rocks, hot gas, and slow-moving lava.
What is a composite (stratovolcano) volcano?
This type of lava forms underwater.
What is pillow lava?
She is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes.
Who is Pele?
Country that gets energy from its volcanoes.
What is Iceland?
This planet has the largest volcano in the solar system.
What is Mars?
It shoots lava into the air like a fountain.
What is a cinder cone volcano?
A bowl-shaped part at the top of a volcano.
What is a crater or caldera?
This type of volcano has not erupted in a long time, but has the potential to.
What is a dormant volcano?
Hawaii's volcanic activity is caused by this.
What is a hot spot?
A volcano that has shown no signs of activity for thousands of years.
What is an extinct Volcano?
A long tube in the volcano - lava, ash, dust, and rocks come out of it.
What is a vent or conduit?
This type of "flow" is one of the most destructive forces when a composite volcano erupts.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes are all this type of natural phenomena.
What is geological?
Volcanoes can be formed at this type of boundary where an oceanic plate subducts under a continental plate.
What is a convergent plate boundary.