I am a volcano that forms during a quiet eruption with thin "runny" lava spreading over great distances.
What is shield volcano?
100
Molten rock inside of volcano.
What is magma?
100
I am a large reservoir of molten rock?
What is a magma chamber?
100
I am erupting therefore I am this kind of volcano.
What is an active volcano.
100
I form when magma get stuck in the pipe and hardens. After the volcano erodes away, I am left behind.
What is volcanic neck?
200
Most volcanoes in existence form here, where plates converge.
What are plate boundary volcanoes?
200
I am a deadly cloud of ash, cinder, poisonous gases and intense heat. You will find me at a highly explosive eruption.
What is pyroclastic flow?
200
Gases, magma, and cinder may escape through me.
What is a vent?
200
I determine if the lava is runny or thick.
What is silica content?
200
I am a large depression that forms when the roof of the volcano collapses in on itself. If filled with water, I can be a lake.
What is caldera?
300
I am a volcano that consists of both ash and cinders. Sometimes I am called a Strato-volcano. I can be loud and quiet.
What is a composite volcano?
300
I had a different name when I was inside the volcano. Now that I'm out and flowing over the ground I go by this name.
What is lava?
300
I am the main pathway through which magma travels in order to get out of the volcano.
What is a pipe?
300
I'm just asleep right now.
What is a dormant volcano?
300
I form when magma forces itself across rock layers.
What is dike?
400
I form at convergent plate boundaries. When I erupt I release lots of ash and cinder.
What is a cinder volcano?
400
I can be as small as a golf ball, and as large as a car. I rain from the sky during highly explosive eruptions.
What is a bomb?
400
I form when the volcano erupts. Magma, ash and cinders will pile up form me. I am a depression at the very top of the volcano.
What is crater.
400
I'm a volcano that is much like the dinosaurs.
What is an extinct volcano?
400
I form when magma forces itself between rock layers.
What is sill?
500
I don't form at plate boundaries, rather I will form where it is exceptionally hot.
What is a hot spot volcano?
500
Walk across me and you might cry out my name. I form when "runny" gaseous lava cools quickly.
What is aa?
500
I am always moving, until I cool.
What is lava flow.
500
A volcano can only erupt because of me. I become agitated and cause the magma to rise and sometimes explode.
What is gas (trapped gas)?
500
I make up mountain ranges and am the result of larges pockets of magma that have cooled inside the crust. I am revealed by erosion over long periods of time.