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Parts of a Volcano
Volcanic Landforms
Vocabulary
Eruptions
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What is magma that flows out onto Earth's surface?

Lava

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What are the 3 types of volcanoes?

Cindercone, Shield, and Composite

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What is Magma?

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface.

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What are active volcanoes?
Active volcanoes are the volcanoes that erupt constantly.
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Reservoirs from which volcanic materials erupt


Magma Chambers

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What is a cinder cone volcano? Type of eruption?

A small cone with steep sides. Have explosive eruptions

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What is a mountain belt?
Several mountain ranges that lie parallel to one another
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What are dormant volcanoes?
These volcanoes have become inactive, but people are not certain that they will not erupt again.
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what is a vent? where is it located?

Openings through which volcanic materials erupt are called vents. They are located near the peak of the mountain.

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What is a shield volcano? Type of eruption?

This type of volcano is made up of layers of lava rocks. Has quiet eruption and is created slowly from oozing lava.

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What is Pyroclastic Flow?

When a volcano produces an explosive eruption hurling out ash, cinders and bombs

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Which type of volcanoes have quiet eruptions

Composite and shield

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Bowl-shaped depressions. Forceful explosions may blow out the tops of mountains to form these.

Craters

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What is a composite volcano?

This type of volcanic landform is made up of layers of lava flows alternating with layers of ash, cinders, and rocks. it is a combination of cinder cone and shield volcanoes. Both quiet and explosive eruptions

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What is a tsunami? What are signs a tsunami is coming?

A tidal wave cause by an underwater earthquake. The was recedes into the ocean. 

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What are Extinct Volcanoes?
Volcanoes that have not erupted in recorded history are considered to be extinct volcanoes.
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What are the three types of debris a volcano spews out? List in size order from smallest to biggest.

ash, cinders, bombs

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Which type of volcano is the most destructive?

Composite volcano

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what is Ring of Fire and where is it located?
A zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that encircles the Pacific Basin.
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What are 3 benefits of a volcano?

New land, tourism, fertile soil, geothermic energy