Volcanoes Flashcards
Where are most volcanoes located?
The pacific ring of fire
What is the main shape of a volcano?
A Cone
What is the part of the volcano where magma is stored?
The magma chamber
What is the hole at the top of a volcano called
The crater
What is the part of a volcano that brings the lava up?
The vent
What is magma called when it reaches the ground
Lava
What substance makes lava thicker
Silica
What are the positive effects of volcanic activity
Tourism eg. Pompeii, fertile soil and geothermal energy eg. In Iceland 90% of homes are heated by geothermal energy
What are the negative effects of volcanic activity
Can cause famine, by damaging crops eg. Krakatoa, Death toll, loads of people will die eg. Popmeii, 20000 people lost their lives to Mt Vesuvius.
What is a volcano that erupts regularly
An active volcano
What is a volcano that hasn’t erupted in a while but might erupt again
A dormant volcano
What is a volcano that will never erupt again
An extinct volcano
What is a person who studies volcanoes
A volcanologist
Where do volcanoes happen
At constructive plate boundaries, destructive plate boundary’s and hotspots
What is the highest volcano in Europe
Mt Edna
