Famous Volcanoes
The most active volcano on Earth
What is Kilauea?
This is the liquid rock underneath the volcano.
What is magma?
A scientist who studies volcanoes.
Who is a volcanologist?
A powerful wave created by the force of landslides or earthquakes.
What is a tsunami?
The team that won the Volcano Quiz Bowl?
Who is both teams?
Hawaii's youngest volcano.
Lo'ihi
a'a and pahoehoe
What are the two types of lava?
Volcanoes that are underwater.
What are ocean rift volcanoes?
This is a smelly gas belched out by erupting volcanoes.
What is sulphur?
The number of islands that make up the Hawaiian Island chain?
What is 132?
This volcano in Hawaii is larger than Kilauea.
What is Mauna Loa?
This happens when the top and the bottom of the lava flow hardens.
What is a lava tube?
The farthest away that volcanoes have been found.
What is outer space?
These are underwater hot springs.
What are black smokers?
The layer of earth that volcanoes are developed from.
What is the mantle?
A volcano in Washington State that erupted in 1980 for the first time since 1857.
What is Mount Saint Helens?
The main passage where magma exits the volcano.
What is the central vent?
These make up the outer shell of the earth and when they shift and move apart, they create volcanoes and earthquakes.
Places where magma rises from the earth's interior through tectonic plates to create volcanoes.
What are hot spots?
Mrs. Frizzle's class made one when they returned to school.
What is a model volcano?
This volcano's eruption was heard around the world
What is Krakatoa?
Three things that fly through the air when a volcano erupts.
What is volcanic dust, rock fragments and gas.
An area around the Pacific Ocean that has 500 active volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
These are created when hot lava meets the cool ocean.
What are black sand beaches?
The Hawaiian Islands are made from this type of volcano.
What is a shield volcano?