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100
This is molten (or melted) rock.
What is magma.
100
With this type of volcano, ash and cinders pile up to form a cone shape.
What is cinder cone volcano.
100
This is a hill or mountain formed by erupted material.
What is a volcano.
100
This volcano in Washington state explosively erupted on May 18, 1980.
What is Mount St. Helens.
100
This is what you call a volcano that will never erupt again.
What is extinct.
200
This is magma that has pushed up to the Earth's surface.
What is lava.
200
This type of volcano has a steep sided dome shape formed by thick, slow lava.
What is a dome volcano.
200
This the top layer of Earth.
What is the crust.
200
This ancient city was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
What is Pompeii.
200
This is what you call an inactive volcano that will erupt again.
What is dormant.
300
This is the Hawaiian name for thin, quick-moving lava.
What is pahoehoe.
300
This type of volcano has broad, gentle slopes.
What is a shield volcano.
300
This is the layer of Earth beneath the crust.
What is the mantle.
300
This country is a volcanic island chain in the North Atlantic Ocean.
What is Iceland.
300
This is the Roman god whose name gave us the word "volcano."
Who is Vulcan.
400
This is the Hawaiian name for thick, slow-moving lava.
What is aa.
400
This type of volcano is formed by the lava, cinder and ash from many eruptions.
What is a stratovolcano.
400
These are the huge sections of crust the Earth is broken in to.
What are (tectonic) plates.
400
This lake, formed by a volcanic explosion, is the deepest lake in North America.
What is Crater Lake.
400
This is the Hawaiian goddess of fire.
Who is Pele.
500
These are the two forms lava can take.
What are liquid and solid (rock).
500
This is a crater formed by a volcanic explosion.
What is a caldera.
500
This is what happens when two plates come together or pull apart and cause magma to push its way up through cracks in the Earth's crust.
What is a volcanic eruption.
500
This is the largest Hawaiian volcano.
What is Mauna Loa.
500
This is another name for a stratovolcano.
What is composite.