Volcano Vocab
Ones that can go off at any moment
What is active volcano?
What we are living on
What is Earth?
The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
What is Epicenter?
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere
Greenhouse gases
The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.
What is Globalization?
Ones that haven't gone off in a while but, still active
What is Dormant?
Solid which is divided into 2 types - Oceanic and continental, 400c
What is Crust?
The focused area in an earthquake
What is Focus?
a gas emitted during the transportation and production of coal and other natural resources.
What is Methane?
Ones that are predicted to not go off anymore
What is Extinct?
liquid which consists of mostly iron, 5000c
What is Outer Core?
The puzzle pieces from the earth
What is tectonic plates?
A gas emitted during agricultural and industrial activities.
What is Nitrous Acid?
A narrow and tall type of volcano
What is cone?
Solid, consists of iron, 6200c
What is Inner Core?
plates slipping by eachother
What is transform fault?
synthetic, smaller emitted gase that have potential to become full-on greenhouse gases
What is Fluorinated gases?
Ring of volcanoes + big seismic activity in the pacific
What is Pacific Ring of Fire?
Solid which behaves like liquid, 1200c
What is Mantle?
the name of the instrument used to measure the intensity of an earthquake
What is a Siesmograph?
A gas made from burning fossils
What is Carbon Dioxide?