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Volcano Vocabulary J
Study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Magma | molten material beneath or within the earth's crust. |
| Lava | fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent. |
| Viscosity | force tending to cause the fluid to flow. |
| Silica | A substance that determins the Viscosity of a fluid. |
| Pahoehoe | Light-colored lava that is very runny. |
| Aa | Dark-colored lava that is like molases. |
| Volcanic ash | finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption. a light, silvery-gray color. |
| Cinders | The crater at the top of a volcanoe. |
| Bomb | A big eruption caused by a volcanoe. |
| Volcano | A crack in the earths crust and lava builded up over time creating a volcanoe |
| crust | the big hole in the volcano around the cinder. |