Vocabulary
Magma
Hot liquid earth beneath the Earth's crust
Lava
magma that has reached the surface of the Earth
This shoots out of the cracks in the crust
magma
This is a famous Volcano in Hawaii
Mt. Kilauea
This is a huge wave caused by an earthquake
tsunami
Landslide
rocks and dirt moving quickly down a hill
Mantle
the layer of Earth made up of Magma
this oozes down the side of volcanoes
lava
This is a famous volcano in Africa
Mt. Kenya
extinct
not expected to erupt again
Dormant
not active, or sleeping
Large pieces of rock that float on the layer of Earth beneath the crust
mantle
This volcano is in Washington State
Mt. St. Helens
These are the 3 kinds of volcanoes
stratovolcanoes, cinder cones, and shield volcanoes
shield volcanoes
large and rounded, many underneath the ocean
Crust
hard layer of rock that covers the Earth's surface
This type of volcano has erupted in the last 10,000 years
active volcano
This is a cinder cone volcano in Mexico
Paricutin
how high can tsunami waves be?
70 ft
stratovolcanoes
shaped like cones and have powerful eruptions
Cinder cone volcanoes
mostly made of ash and cinders and lava shoots out of one opening
This type of volcano is extinct when it has not erupted in 10,000 years
Dormant volcano
This is a volcano in New Zeland
Mt. Ngauruhoe
What is the center of the earth called
inner core