Types
Parts
Lava
Examples
Hodge Podge
100
A tall mountain volcano with alternating layers of ash and lava
What is A composite or Stratovolcano
100
Area below a volcano that fills up with magma
What is Magma Chamber
100
Thick, sticky, gassy lava
What is Felsic
100
A Shield volcano in the Pacific
What is Hawaii
100
A collapsed crater
What is a Caldera
200
A steep, fairly small explosive volcano
What is a Cinder Cone
200
The long tube that connects the magma chamber to the surface.
What is Pipe or neck
200
Thin, hot, runny lava like you might find on Hawaii
What is Mafic
200
A famous cinder cone. One that humans witnessed its birth in Mexico
What is Paricutin
200
Means "fiery pieces"
What is Pyroclastic
300
Large, turtle shell shaped volcano
What is Shield
300
A vent through which lava flows out of
What is a Volcano
300
This type of lava can make a volcano explode
What is Felsic
300
Buried Pompei
What is Vesuvius
300
There are approximately this number of active volcanoes in the World today
What is 1500
400
Yellowstone is one of these types
What is Super Volcano
400
Melted rock below the surface
What is magma
400
This term describe how thick or thin lava is
What is Viscosity
400
Cascade volcano that erupted in 1980
What is Mount Saint Helens
400
Area around the Pacific with a high number of volcanoes
What is The Ring of Fire
500
Made up of ash, cinders and fiery pieces
What is a Cinder cone
500
melted rock on the Earth's surface
What is Lava
500
The movement of magma towards or onto Earth's surface
What is Volcanism
500
Large hot spot super volcano in the United States
What is Yellowstone
500
A huge mud flow
What is a "Lahar"
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