Vocabulary
Molten rock inside the Earth's mantle
What is magma?
Can volcanoes occur underwater?
What is yes
What is used to predict where volcanos are formed
What is a pattern?
A volcano that is shaped like a dome
What is a shield volcano?
The three types of volcanos based on how often they erupt
What is extinct, dormant, and active?
What is rock?
An opening on the Earth's Surface
What is a volcano?
Volcano shaped like a cone
What is a Shield volcano?
Someone who studies volcanoes
What is a volcanologist?
Will dormant volcanoes erupt again?
What is yes?
It lets lava out of the volcano
What is a vent?
Rock formed from quickly cooling lava
What is basalt?
What volcanoes emit into the atmosphere
What is ash?
The place that contains 75% of the volcanoes
What is the Ring of Fire?
Name one volcano in California
What is St. Helena?
What is a term NOT related to volcano activity?
a. active b. inert
c. extinct d. dormant
b. inert
The small openings that lava can escape through
What is secondary vents?
Temperature of rock before it turns into lava
What is nearly 3,000 Fahrenheit?
True or False? Lava is cold
What is False?
The 4 types of Volcanoes
Cinder Cone
Shield
Dome
Composite Volcano