A volcano which is categorized as having very steep sides, usually less than 300 meters (100ft) high, and consisting largely of pyroclastics is known as
What is cinder cone volcano
100
The internal resistance to flow is known as
What is viscosity
100
The ocean basin that is rimmed by the most subduction zones
What is the Pacific ocean basin
200
Paricutin is an example of a
What is cinder cone
200
The intrusive igneous rock body that is flat and parallel to existing rock layers.
What is sill
200
The most violent eruptions are associated with this type of volcano
What is a composite cone volcano
200
what is lava called before it reaches earth's surface
magma
200
the long line of volcanoes around the pacific ocean
What is the ring of fire
300
Mount fuji in japan is an example of a
What is composite volcano
300
this hs steep sides and a cone shape
What is a cinder cone volcano
300
This erupts from volcanoes
What is lava
300
rocks formed from cooled lava
What are igneous rocks
300
What region of the Earth has the greatest concentration of currently active volcanoes?
What is the Ring of fire
400
Mount St. Helens is a
What is a composite volcano
400
the three types of vocanoes
What are composite, cinder cone and shield
400
lava flows at this pace
What aris slowly
400
Th emajor dissolved explosive ingredient in both magmas and volcanic gases
What is water
400
Identify a U.S. volcano asociated with deep mantle hot spots
What are the volcanoes of Hawaii, or activity at Yellowstone National Park
500
Mount Vesuvius is an example of a
What is composite volcano
500
The primary reason why magma tends to rise toward Earth's surface
What is rocks become less dense when they melt
500
The city of St. Pierre, Martinique, was distroyed by this in 1902.
What is A nuee ardente
500
lava reaches the earths surface through this
What is a volcano
500
The Icelandic volcanoes are related to plate tectonics because they lie along this type of plate boundary, which means the plates are doing this.
What is a divergent plate boundary, where two plates are moving apart