Volcano Flashcards
Natural opening in the Earth’s surface
Volcano
Funnel shaped depression at the top of a volcano formed as a result of a explosion
Crater
Part of a wall of the crater collapses
Caldera
Molten rocks inside the earth
Magma
Magma that has been ejected out of a volcano
Lava
3 types of volcano according to its shape
Shield volcano, cinder cone volcano and composite volcano
Broad slightly doomed structure type of volcano
Shield volcano
Steep, slope, wide crater and most abundant type of volcano
Cinder cone volcano
Large and nearly perfect slope structure
Composite volcano
5 type of volcano according to its erruption
Preatic or hydrothermal, phreatomagmatic, strombolian, vulcanian and plinian
Stream driven eruption as the hot rocks come in contact with water
Phreatic or hydrothermal
Stream driven eruption as the hot rocks come in contact with water
Phreatic or hydrothermal
Violent eruption due to the contact between water and magma
Phreatomagmatic
Weak to violent eruption characterized by a fountain lava
Strombolian
Tall eruption that reach up to 25 km high with pyroclastic flow and ashfall tephra
Vulcanian