Volcanoes Vocabulary Quiz

Definition: a large underground pool or reservoir of molten rock.

• Magma chamber

• Volcanic neck

• Vent

• Caldera

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Definition: tiny jagged particles of rock and natural glass blasted into the air by a volcano.

• lava

• cinders

• pahoehoe

• ash

Craters that occur after a volcano's activity has ended.

• caldera

• shield volcano

• crater

• volcanic neck

Definition: Volcanic mudflow

• lahar

• pahoehoe

• caldera

• flood basalt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Definition: Thin and runny

• Medium viscosity

• Low viscosity

• High surface tension

• High viscosity

Definition: any type and size of rock fragment ejected from a volcano during an eruption

• caldera

• tephra

• pahoehoe

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Type of lava with braids like twisted rope; hotter and faster moving.

• Lahar

• Pahoehoe

• Ash

• Pumice

Definition: Thick and sticky.

• High viscosity

• High salinity

• Medium viscosity

• Low viscosity

Definition: An area of the Earth's mantle from which hot plumes rise upward, forming volcanoes on the overlying crust.

• Island arc

• Caldera

• Volcanic neck

• Hot spot

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Definition: Simplest and smallest volcano type; short lives, usually only erupts once.

• Cinder cone volcano

• Shield volcano

• Lava dome volcano

• Fissure volcano