volcanoesz Flashcards
rupture vent or fissure on the curst of a planteray mass object
Volacano
the pihippines is situated in the
pacfic ring of fire
storage of magma
magma reservoir
underground passageway where magma travels
conduit
Flat piece of rock formed when magma hardens
SILL
where magma and other materials escape
vent
the vent is the one that surrounds the craters mouth
false, the crater is the onr that surrounds the volcanic vent
highest point of a volcano
summit
side of a volcano
flank
mouth of a volcano
crater
entrance of a volcano, part of the conduit that ejects lava and volcanic ash
throat
fragments of laba and rock that are less than 2mm in size
ASH
molten rock BENEATH the earths surface
magma
bodies of magma that cut through and across the layering of adjacent rocks
DIKE
3 types of
active dormat and inactive
3 types of shape
cindercone, shield and composite
They usually are created of eruptions from a single opening,
cindercone
composite volcanoes are also called
stratovolcanoes
cindercone volcanoes are also calle
scoria cones
simplest type of volcano
cindercone
cone is symmetrical
composite
formed by kess viscous basaltic lava
shield
how many inactive volcanoes are there un the pilhiopines
355
5 types of eruption
phreatic, phreatomagmatic, vulcanian, strombolian, plinian, pelean
