volcanoes Flashcards
what is the worst volcano in human history
mt tambora
what is the causes?
when magma rises through weak surfaces or cracks or tectonic plate movement
what substance rises?
magma, lava, hot rocks,
what can be the result
hard magma forming at the bottom of the mountain,
towns and/or cities getting destroyed
polluted areas due to smoke
how can you predict volcanoes?
rumbles in the ground
areas around the volcano heating up
t/f once a volcano has erupted, it cant erupt again
false: infact, Pompeii is due to erupt in the next few years.
what is another name for a volcano?
a conical mountain
what do you call a flat volcano?
A fissure vent
lava domes are:
vicious spews of lava above a volcano and was shaped like a dome
strato volcanoes:
volcanoes which spew lava from different points