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Types of volcanoes
Types Of Lava
Types Of Pyroclastic material
Key Vocabulary
Benefits of Volcanic Eruptions
100
This Volcano forms at hot spots.
What are Shield Volcanoes?
100
This lava has a thick brittle crust.
What is Aa lava?
100
material that is particles of lava that form when magma explodes form a volcano and solidifies in the air.
What is pyroclastic material?
100
Magma that flows onto Earths surface.
What is Lava?
100
volcanic rocks used in the old times, but now we use volcanic ashes.
What are construction materials?
200
The smallest type of volcano.
What is Cinder Cone?
200
Lava that forms a thin crust.
What is Pahoehoe Lava?
200
Large blobs of magma that harden in the air.
What are volcanic bombs.
200
The boundary at which two plates move away from each other.
What is Divergent Boundary?
200
volcanic ash is used for this purpose because it absorbs moisture.
What is cat litter?
300
This volcano has the nickname of stratovolcano.
What is Composite volcano.
300
This forms when lava erupts underwater.
What is pillow lava?
300
Large angular pieces of solid rock that erupts from a volcano.
What is Volcanic blocks?
300
Heated water that reaches temperatures of hundreds of degrees.
What is Geothermal Water?
300
The type of soil that is most fertile on Earth.
What is Volcanic soil?
400
This volcano is formed near mid ocean ridges.
What is underwater volcano?
400
Lava that doesn't travel far from the eruption site.
What is Blocky Lava?
400
Pebble like bits of magma that harden before they hit the ground.
What is Lapilli?
400
Describes Magma or igneous rock that is rich in magnesium and iron, that is generally dark in color.
What is Mafic?
400
The largest consumers of this thing are the residents of Iceland.
What is geothermal Energy?
500
A vent or fissure in Earths surface through which melted rocks and gases pass through.
What is a Volcano?
500
Pahoehoe, Blocky, Pillow, Aa.
What are the four types of lava?
500
Forms when gases in stiff magma expand rapidly an the walls explode into tiny glass like slivers.
What is Volcanic Ash?
500
Describes magma or igneous rock that is rich in feldspars and silica, and generally light in color.
What is Felsic?
500
Fertile soil, energy source, and construction materials.
What are benefits of volcanic eruptions?