Volcano
What is a volcano called that hasn't erupted in 100,000 years?
What is dormant or inactive
What is the part of the volcano that things come out of? (The top)
What is a crater.
What Ocean does the Ring of Fire surround?
What is the Pacific
What type of volcano is formed after an eruption?
What is a caldera
What is the unit of measurement for Earthquakes?
What is magnitude?
What shape is a volcano
What is cone shaped
What collides at a subduction zone?
Tectonic Plates
How many types of volcanoes are there?
What are four.
What is the most active volcanic region?
How hot is lava?
What is 1,300 - 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit
What three things do volcanoes expel?
What are gasses, ash, and lava
What zones do volcanoes occur?
Subduction Zone
Which volcano is built by alternating layers of lava and ash and can create explosive eruptions?
What is a Stratovolcanoe
What type of volcano is Mt. Fuji?
What is Stratovolcano?
What kind of damage would you expect from a 9.5 magnitude Earthquake?
Falling buildings, collapsing bridges, collapsed homes and serious damage
What is molten rock that is under the earth's surface?
What is magma
What is the Ring of Fire shaped like?
What is a horshoe?
what is a shield volcano?
it has sides that are wide and flat (Gentle Slopes)
What type of volcano is Paricutin in Mexico?
What is cinder cone volcano?
What is the deepest Trench Called?
What is an Mariana Trench
What is the weak part in the earth's crust where volcanoes form?
What is the main vent
Where does molten rock pile up underground before a volcano is formed?
What is a magma chamber
What kind of volcano is small with steep angled sides, is built over a small period of time, and spits lava which falls on the sides of the volcano called?
What is a cinder cone volcano?
What type of volcano is Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hwaii?
What is a shield volcano?
What are Earthquakes measured with and what numbers does it use?
Richter Scale and (0-10)