Kilauea
Hot Spots
Volcano Formation
Volcano Types
Vocabulary
100

The number of times Kilauea has erupted.

What is over 40?

100

The rate that a plate moves over a hot spot.

What is 1.5 inches per year?

100

Three ways volcanoes are formed.

What is Subduction, Mid-Ocean Rift, and Hot Spot?

100

This volcano has very basalt lava flows that travel quickly.

What is Shield Volcano?

100

Something that has__________ such as water, has fallen or poured down.

What is cascaded?

200

The intervals of eruptions of Kilauea.

What is nonstop since 1983.

200

The first volcano to form.

What is Kauai?

200

The Earth's crust is made up of huge, solid chunks.

What is tectonic plates?

200

Four of the most common types of volcanoes.

What is Shield Volcanoes, Stratovolcanoes, Compound Volcanoes, and Cinder Cone Volcanoes?

300

The researcher and photographer of Kilauea.

What is Donna O'Meara

300

The only extinct volcano on the Big Island.

What is Kohala?

300

When there is a weak spot in Earth's plate.

What is hot spot?

300

This volcano is formed when a vent tosses lava cinders and spatter skyward.

What is Cinder Cone Volcano?

400

Where Kilauea is located.

What is on the Big Island of Hawaii.

400

The 3 dormant volcanoes on the Big Island.

What is Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, and Hualalai?

400

When two plates smash against each other.

What is Subduction?

400

This volcano is created as explosive ash, lava, and cinder build up in layers.

What is Stratovolcanoes?

500

The number of volcanoes on the Big Island.

What is 6?

500

The most active volcano in the world.

What is Kilauea?

500

Mid-Ocean Rift formed this volcano in Iceland.

What is Surtsey?

500

This volcano has frequent eruptions that form more than one vent, cone, or dome.

What is Compound Volcano?