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NON EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS
EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS
VOLCANOES
FORMATION
TYPES OF LAVA
VOLCANOES TYPES
100
A non explosive eruption produces calm flows of this.
What is lava?
100
In an explosive eruption tiny particles, called this, can reach the earth's atmosphere and circle the earth for years.
What is ash?
100
Volcanoes form on these plates.
What is tectonic?
100
This lava flows slowly like wax dripping from a candle.
What is pahoehoe lava?
100
This type of volcano is built of layers of lava released from non explosive eruptions
What is shield volcanoes?
200
During volcanic eruptions lava flows out of this.
What are vents?
200
During explosive eruptions this is blown into tiny particles.
What is molten rock?
200
The ring of tectonic plates near the pacific.
What is the ring of fire?
200
This lava is so named because of the painful experience of walking on it.
What is Aa lava?
200
this type of volcano is built of pyroclastic material usually released from moderately explosive eruptions.
What is cinder cone volcanoes?
300
Vast areas of the world are covered with this because of non explosive eruptions.
What is magma?
300
In an explosive eruption these three things shoot out of a volcano.
What is hot debris, ash, and gas?
300
Tectonic plates collide, seperate, and this to form a volcano.
What is slide?
300
This lava is formed when volcanoes erupt underwater.
What is pillow lava?
300
This type of volcano is a crack in the ground that spews lava.
What is fissure volcanoes?
400
Non explosive eruptions are happening all over the world right now on land and in this.
What is the sea?
400
Scientists state that an explosive volcanic eruption can be this many times as powerful as an atomic bomb.
What is 10,000?
400
This USA volcano blew on May 18, 1980
What is Mt. St. Helens
400
This lava does not travel far from it's vent.
What is blocky lava?
400
This type of volcano is sometimes called statovolcanoes
What is composite volcanoes
500
Lava flow's speeds during an explosive eruption can range from a slow creep to this kmph.
What is 60 kmph?
500
An explosive eruption can demolish an entire this.
What is a mountainside.
500
This percent of volcanoes form on tectonic plates
What is 80%?
500
This type of lava is the only type of lava that flows very quickly.
What is Aa lava?
500
A volcano must have two or more of these to be considered a compound volcano
What is vents?