Types
This volcano is wider than it is tall
Shield volcanoes
What is the name of the area where magma is released from the top of the volcano?
The crater
What is the largest pyroclast?
Bombs
Volcano
Which type of volcano is very tall and steep and has explosive eruptions?
Stratovolcano
What connects the magma chamber to the crater?
Chimney
What is formed when lava cools and becomes solid?
Volcanic rock
What are liquefied (molten) materials in Earths surface called?
Magma
Which type of volcanoes are typically steep and small?
Cinder cone volcanoes
Where is magma stored inside the volcano?
In the magma chamber
What is the very hot red fluid material that flows from the crater?
Lava
What is the type of eruption with many pyroclasts?
Explosive eruption
Which type of volcano has a large crater or depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses?
Caldera volcano
What is the part of the volcano that is built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater?
Volcanic cone
Where is magma generated / created?
Fusion zone
What is the phrasal verb that describes when a material is quickly ejected?
Shoot out
Which type of volcano is associated with slow, steady eruption?
Shield volcanoes
What erupts from a volcano as pressure increases in the chamber?
Magma
What type of volcanic eruption is in which lava steadily flows out of a volcano onto the ground?
An Effusive eruption
What are clouds filled with pyroclasts called?
Pyroclastic flows