Volcano Vocabulary

An opening or vent in the Earth which magma flows out of

• Mountain

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Layer

Volcanoes that can erupt at any time

• Active Volcano

• Dormant Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

• Composite Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Volcanoes that are “resting” but can wake up and erupt

• Active Volcano

• Dormant Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

• Composite Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Volcanoes that are dead but are unlikely to ever wake up

• Active Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

• Dormant Volcano

• Composite Volcano

Volcanoes that look like dome shaped mountains

• Shield Volcano

• Composite Volcano

• Cinder Cone Volcano

• Dormant Volcano

Volcanoes that look like cone shaped mountains

• Shield Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

• Cinder Cone Volcano

• Composite Volcano

Volcanoes that have numerous layers and look cone shaped

• Shield Volcano

• Cinder Cone Volcano

• Composite Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

Forms in the middle of a oceanic plate, can cause islands to form

• Hot Spot

• Quiet Eruption

• Volcano

• Viscosity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Gases bubble out gently, lava will ooze out of vent quietly and flow for many kilometers, how the Hawaiian Islands were formed

• Explosive Eruption

• Viscosity

• Quiet Eruption

• Shield Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Trapped gases in the pipe of the volcano build up pressure until they explode which causes a pyroclastic flow that hurls out a mixture of hot gas, ash, cinders and bombs

• Quiet Eruption

• Explosive Eruption

• Viscosity

• Active Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2