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Mr. Lenz's Review
Mr. Lenz's Vocabulary Review Ch. 6F section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled | Volcano |
| The body of molten rock that feeds a volcano | Magma Chamber |
| An opening at the surface of the Earth through which volcanic material passes | Vent |
| Lava that pours out quickly and forms a brittle, jagged crust | Aa |
| Thick lava that flows slowly and has a glassy surface with rope-like wrinkles | Pahoehoe |
| Forms when lava erupts underwaterPillow Lava | Pillow Lava |
| Cool, stiff lava that oozes out slowly from a vent form a crust with many sharp-edged chunks | Blocky Lava |
| Large blobs of magma that harden in the air. | Volcanic bombs |
| Pieces of solid rock erupted from a volcano | Volcanic blocks |
| pebblelike bits of magma that harden before they hit the ground. Italian for "little stones" | Lapilli |
| Pyroclastic material formed as gas bubbles in magma explode into tiny glasslike slivers. | Volcanic ash |
| Enormous amounts of hot ash, dust and gases are ejected from a volcano that races downhill at great speeds. | Pyroclastic flow |
| Molten rock that flows to the Earth's surface | Lava |
| Molten rock before it reaches the Earth's surface | Magma |
| forms when magma is blasted into the air and hardens | Pyroclastic material |