Quiz #2 / Science Test #3 Flashcards
What is Magma?
Molten Material Underground
What is Lava?
Molten Material Above Ground
What is a Element?
Something that can’t Be chemicaly Broken Down ex. Oxegen
What is a Compound?
2 Or more elements Combined ex.H2O
What is Viscosity?
Resisance Of a liquid to flow
If the Viscosity Is Greater What Happens to the movement Speed?
It Gets Slower
If the Viscosity Is Less What Happens to the movement Speed?
It Speeds up
More Silica =
Higher Viscosity
Higher Tempature =
Lower Viscosity
Physical Properties Are?
characteristic that can be obzerved without changing chemical compistion. ex.color, texture
Chemical Properties are?
characteristic that produces a change in chemical compistion. ex, iron rusts when exposed to oxegen
What are the parts of a volcano
Magma Chamber, Pipe, Vent, Crater
What is a crater?
bowl shaped area that forms around the volcano’s central vent.
What is a vent?
Where molten rock and gas exits a volcano.
What is a Magma Chamber
Pockets beneath a volcano where magma collects
What Is A Pipe
A long tube that magma goes through to the surface and where magma turns to lava.
What is lava flow?
Area Covered By lava as it pours out of a volcanos vent.
What are the 3 types of Volcanoes?
Shield Volcano, Cinder Cone, Composite
What is a Shield Volcano?
A wide Gently sloping Mountain made out of layers of lava and ash formed by quiet eruptions
What is a Cinder cone
A tall steep cone-shaped hill made of ash, cinder and bombs
What is a Composite Volcano?
A tall cone shaped mountain thats made by layers of lava and ash
What is Landforms of Magma?
Volcanic Neck, Dike, Sill, Batholith
What is a Volcanic Neck
Magma hardening in a volcanos Pipe.
What is a Dike
A slab of rock formed when magma forces itself vertically