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Volcano play time
this stack will be all about Volcanoes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it mean when a volcano is dormant? | It means its sleeping, it erupted in the past and can erupt again. |
| What does it mean when a volcano is extinct? | It means it will never erupt again because the magma chamber is empty and unable to refill. |
| What is a composite volcano? | Its a tall,steep, cone shaped volcano. Its also known as a strato volcano. |
| Where do volcanoes come from? | They come from divergent boundaries. The Magma in the earth rises and makes cracks created by plates pulling apart. |
| What is a hot spot? | a volcanic active area of earths surface far from a tectonic plate boundary. |
| What can make a volcano more explosive? | The more water vapor gases in or around lava will make the volcano more explosive. |
| Name three types of lava(igneous)rocks. | Basalt,Andesite,Rhyolite |
| Where are volcanoes formed? | They come from convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, subduction zones ,and hot spots. |
| What are some environmental effects of volcanoes? | Mud flows, ash clouds, landslides, and the blocking of the sun. |
| Name one way you can try to predict a eruption of a volcano. | 1. increased surface temperature of a volcano 2. slopes increased along the sides of volcanoes 3. earthquakes |
| Where are the volcanoes Mt.fugi and Mt.saint Helens | Mt.fugi- Japan Mt.Saint Helen's- United states. |