Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Random Facts
Types of Volcanoes
Eruptions
100
The melting of solid mantle and crust forms
What is magma
100
Many volcanoes are located along
What are the subduction zones
100
A tectonic plate moves over a stationary mantle plume to form
What are volcanic mountains
100
A type of volcano with very steep slopes
What is a Cinder Cone Volcano
100
Magma that commonly forms Oceanic volcanoes
What is Mafic magma
200
Magma that flows onto Earth's surface
What is lava
200
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What is Divergent Plate Boundaries
200
A volcano that will not erupt in the future
What is an extinct volcano
200
A type of volcano that covers a wide area and generally forms a quiet eruption
What is a Shield Volcano
200
Mafic magma which has low viscosity causes this type of eruption
What is a quiet eruption
300
A vent in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
What is a volcano
300
Where one plate dives (subducts) under less dense crust to be recycled back into the asthenosphere.
Convergent Plate Boundaries
300
Fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption
What are pyroclastic materials
300
A type of volcano formed by layers of hardened lava, pumice, ash, and tephra
What is a Composite Volcano
300
Lava of continental volcanoes that is cooler and stickier than mafic magma
What is Felsic lava
400
A volcanically active area of Earth's surface
What are Hot Spots
400
The three types of Convergent Plate Boundaries
What are Ocean-Ocean, Continental-Ocean, Continental-Continental
400
The largest pyroclastic material that is formed from solid rock
What is a volcanic block
400
A volcano currently erupting
What is an active volcano
400
Felsic lava contains large amounts of trapped gases that when released causes
What is an Explosive eruption
500
A major zone of active volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire
500
When plates move side by side with each other resulting in frequent earthquakes
What are Transform Plate Boundaries
500
A basin-shaped depression that is formed when a volcanic cone collapses 
What is a caldera
500
A volcano not actively erupting but can in the future
What is a dormant volcano
500
A term describing resistance to flow of magma
What is Viscosity