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Types of Lava and Pyroclastic Material
Types of Volcanoes
Parts and locations of Volcano
Eruptions
Misc.
100
What kind of viscosity does think, pudding like lava have?
What is high viscosity?
100
What type of volcano forms from a combination of explosive and nonexplosive eruptions?
What is composite volcanos?
100
Where does molten rock gather under the ground?
What is the magma chamber?
100
What would you expect to see during a nonexplosive eruption?
What is huge lava flows?
100
WHat is a crack in the Earth's surface called?
What is a rift?
200
What is the consistency of lava with a low silica content like?
What is very runny?
200
What are the three main types of volcanoes?
What is shield, composite, and cinder cone?
200
What is the large depression called that forms when the magma chamber partially empties?
What is a caldera?
200
What is a volcano that has not erupted in a while but might erupt again called?
What is a dormant volcanoes?
200
Where are volcanoes most likely to form?
What is along plate boundaries?
300
What are large blobs of magma that harden in the air called?
What are vocalic bombs?
300
Repeated eruption of lava creates __________.
What is a volcano?
300
What type of boundary is the Mid- Atlantic Ridge where volcanoes occur?
What is divergent?
300
WHat kind of volcano will probably never erupt again?
What is an extinct volcano?
300
What is considered when predicting an eruption?
What is composition of volcanic gases, internal temp., and change in slope?
400
What type of Pyroclastic material can reach the upper atmosphere and circle the Earth for years?
What is ash?
400
Volcanoe that forms from nonexplosive eruptions.
What is a shield volcano?
400
About 5% of volcanoes on land form _____________.
What is at hot spots?
400
What is most likely to happen if the water content of magma is high?
What is an explosive eruption will occur?
400
What does a tiltmeter measure?
What is change in volcano's slope?
500
Pahoehoe, lapilli, aa, and pillow are types of ________.
What is lava?
500
What is the volcano that forms from explosive eruptions?
What is a cinder cone volcano?
500
Places far from tectonic plate boundaries where volcanoes form are called __________.
What is hot spots?
500
What type of eruption can affect the climate?
What is explosive?
500
Who studies volcanoes?
What is a volcanologist?