Eruption
Vocabulary
Process
100

Magma outside of the ground

What is lava

100

The opening in the Earth's surface through which melted rock and gases escape.

What is a Volcano

100

The first step in volcanic activity

What is magma collection

200

A thick gathering of ash in the air above the vent of the volcano

What is an Ash cloud
200

The gathering of magma underneath the crust of the earth.

What is a Magma Chamber

200

The second step of volcanic activity

What is an upward force of magma creating the pipe

300

Lava cools and hardens adding to the crust of the Earth

What are rock layers

300

The tunnel where the magma travels upward

What is a pipe

300

The third step in volcanic activity

What is lava and ash expulsion at the vent

400

Tectonic plates move and create a force on magma

What is an upward force on magma

400
The small burnt particles that are expelled from the vent and fall to the crust of the Earth

Ash

400

The fourth step of volcanic activity

What is when the lava begins to cool into hard layers

500

The particles that impair the senses

What is ash

500

Tunnel coming from the pope where magma can travel to be expelled

What is a branch pipe

500

A volcano that has the potential to erupt at any point

What is an active volcano