Volcano Vocabulary

This type of volcano is also known as a "Stratovolcano":

• Shield Volcano

• Composite Volcano

• Cinder Cone Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

A dormant, composite volcano in Japan that last erupted in 1707:

• Mauna Kea

• Mauna Loa

• Mt. Fuji

• Anak Krakatoa

These volcanoes explode violently, fracture rock into small

pieces, and emit lava into the air (which then

falls as ash, or cinders):

• Shield Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

• Cinder Cone Volcano

• Composite Volcano

A physical feature of Earth’s surface (examples include a mountain, trench, or

valley).

• lava

• landform

• fissure

• viscosity

The smaller, most common type of volcanoes that look like cone-shaped mountains:

• Shield Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

• Cinder Cone Volcano

• Composite Volcano

A property

of liquids that describes the tendency to resist flowing:

• lava

• magma

• fissure

• viscosity

Hot molten rock inside Earth:

• lava

• magma

• fissure

• vent

Magma that has reached the surface of Earth:

• lava

• magma

• fissure

• vent

Volcanoes that form from alternating eruptions/layers of lava and ash and can have both effusive and explosive eruptions:

• Shield Volcano

• Cinder Cone Volcano

• Composite Volcano

• Extinct Volcano

The largest shield volcano in the Hawaiian islands (and the largest active volcano on the planet):

• Anak Krakatoa

• Mauna Loa

• Mt. Fuji

• Mt. St. Helens