vocabulary
type of lava
type of volcano
vocabulary
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100
A vent in the Earth's surface where magma is expelled?
What is volcano
100
Lava forms underwater in lumps
What is pillow lava
100
made of pyroclastic material, explosive eruptions,
What is cinder cone
100
dust size particles of hardened lava
What is ash
100
eruption looks like calm lava flows
What is non explosive
200
Body of molten rock the feeds a volcano
What is magma chamber
200
flows slowly like wax and has a glassy surface
What is pahoehoe
200
explosive eruptions, most common type of volcano, also called stratvolcanoes
What is composite
200
crack in the Earths crust
What is vent
200
eruption looks like motlen rock blowing in the air
What is explosive
300
funnel shaped pit near top of volcano
What is crater
300
pours out quickly and forms a brittle crust
What is Aa
300
built on layers of lava released from multiple eruptions
What is Shield volcano
300
magma that hardens in the air
What is pyroclastic material
300
large blobs of magma that harded in the air
What is volcanic bombs
400
Large semicircular depression that forms when the chamber that stores magma to a volcano empties and the roof collapses
What is caldera
400
cool stiff sharp edge chunks
What is blocky lava
400
Taller then mt st helens
What is shield mauna kea
400
cloud of pyroclastic material
What is pyroclastic flow
400
Magma with high levels of water eruption explosive or non explosive
What is explosive
500
repeated eruptions of lava spread over a large area
What is lava plateau
500
Give an example of high viscosity and low viscosity
What is high -thick low-thin
500
MT. hood, Mt rainer, Mt Shasta, Mt St. hlens
What is composite
500
four types of pyroclastic material
What is volcanic bombs, lapilli, volcanic ash, volcanic blocks
500
Which type of volcano is both explosive and non explosive
What is composite
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