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Who Am I
100
A famous U.S. island vacation spot that has lots of active Volcano.
What is Hawaii?
100
The area beneath a volcano where magma gathers.
What is a Magma Chamber?
100
A volcano that has a large flat dome
What is a Shield Volcano?
200
This rock floats in water.
What is Pumice?
200
Debris that shoot out of the volcano during an eruption.
What are Rock Fragments?
200
A steep, cone-shaped hill formed by eruption of cinders and other rock fragments.
What is Cinder Cone Volcano?
300
Under Ocean Volcanoes are called this.
What are Deep Sea vents?
300
Tiny pieces of rock fragments created during an eruption.
What is Volcanic Ash?
300
A steep, layered volcano that is high in silica.
What is a Composite Volcano?
400
The word volcano originally comes from the name of this Roman god of fire.
What is Vulcan?
400
A term describing a river of flowing lava.
What is a Lava Flow?
400
A lake formed when water fills a caldera in a composite volcano.
What is a Crater Lake?
500
When hot liquid rock under the Earth’s surface rises out of a Volcano it is known as this.
What is Lava?
500
A dense cloud of hot gases and rock fragments that race downhill.
What is a Pyroclastic Flow?
500
The string of volcanic activity along the oceanic-continental plate tectonic boundaries in the pacific ocean.
What is The Ring of Fire?