Explain what is a Volcano
a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart. (Freezes or Melts)
What is freezes?
What is the difference between Lava and Magma?
Lava is hot molten rock on top of the crust
Magma is hot molten rock under the crust
Gigantic formations of ice that do not completely melt over the course of a year.
What is a glacier?
What are the different types of Volcanoes we spoke about?
What is shield, composite, cinder, and caldera
Instruments used to measure earthquake intensity
Seismographs
Explain what is the ring of fire
The ring of fire is an area around the pacific ocean containing the majority of active volcanoes on the earth
Shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
Earthquakes
Explain what is Lahar? What are some effects of Lahr?
Lahr is a wet cement-like mixture of mud and Volcanic rock fragments that flows down the slopes of a volcano.
The some effects include: can bury entire villages under meters of mud