Volcanic Landforms
Tall, cone-shaped mountains that have alternating lava flows and explosive eruptions of ash, cinders, and bombs.
This holds the magma in a volcano.
The world's most active volcano, it erupts quietly allowing spectators to walk down close to the lava flow.
What is Kilauea?
Cooler, slow-moving lava made from quiet eruptions.
What is pahoehoe?
a Type of volcano that is not cone shaped and usually has more than one vent.
This is a bowl-shaped area that forms around a volcano's central opening.
Term used for a volcanoes that are fully capable of erupting.
The main factor that makes a difference between a quiet eruption and an explosive eruption.
What is silica content?
What is a hot spot volcano?
A landform that forms when rising magma, blocked by layers of rock, forces rock to bend upward.
This is an opening through which magma leaves a volcano.
A mythical goddess once believed to live within volcanoes
This is a kind of magma and eruption is likely to occur in a volcano having magma high in silica
What is thick and sticky magma and explosive eruption?
What is the Ring of Fire?
The part of the volcano that hardens and wears away to make the volcanic neck.
The part of the volcano that hardens and wears away to make the volcanic neck.
What is the pipe?
Superheated gases, mixed with ash and cinders that can explode out of a volcano if the vent is plugged.
What is pyroclastic flow?
What is active, dormant, and extinct
What is Mount St. Helens?
A landform created when magma is forced sideways between layers of rock and hardens.
The entrance of the volcano and the uppermost section of the main vent.
Term used for a volcano that is often called sleeping - it hasn't erupted in a long time, but still could.
What is dormant?