Types of Volcanoes
Parts of a Volcano
Vocabulary
Things Related to Volcanoes
Volcano Extras
100
A volcano that has low, sloping sides and puts out runny, fast lava flows.
What is a shield volcano?
100
Molten rock under the ground
What is magma?
100
Melted is a synonym for this word.
What is molten?
100
Large pieces of the Earth's crust that float on top of the mantle
What are tectonic plates?
100
Hot melted rock that comes from volcanoes
What is lava or magma?
200
A tall volcano that has steep sides and puts out ash, dust, and small rocks.
What is a cinder cone volcano?
200
Molten rock outside of the volcano.
What is lava?
200
The area of the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's volcanoes are found
What is the Ring of Fire?
200
When did Mt. St. Helens last erupt?
What is May 18, 1980
200
This is the largest volcano on Earth.
What is Mauna Loa?
300
A tall volcano that puts out ash, dust, rocks, hot gas, and slow-moving lava.
What is a composite volcano?
300
Three things that come out of a volcano besides lava
What are dust, ash, and rock?
300
Hot water, heated by magma, that gushes out of the ground
What is a geyser?
300
This is a fast moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter that moves away form a volcano reaching speeds of 400 mph.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
300
This is what we call an unusually large volcano having the potential to produce an eruption with major effects on the global climate and ecosystem...
What is a supervolcano?
400
What we call a volcano that has showed no signs of activity for thousands of years.
What is an extinct volcano?
400
A bowl-shaped part at the top of a volcano
What is a crater?
400
This is in the volcanic ash, and it enriches the soil, making it fertile.
What are nutrients?
400
The layer of the earth that magma comes from
What is the mantle?
400
Name a state that has active volcanoes.
What is Hawai'i?
500
What we call a volcano that has been "sleeping" and has not erupted for a long time.
What is a dormant volcano?
500
A long tube in the volcano - lava, ash, dust, and rocks come out of it
What is a vent?
500
This type of rock is formed when lava hardens and cools
What is igneous rock?
500
A volcano that regularly erupts or shows signs of activity is called this
What is an active volcano?
500
This is how the Hawaiian Islands were formed...
What is a hot spot?