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A vent or fissure in the Earth's surface in which magma and gasses are expelled |
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Molten rock under the earth's surface |
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melted rock at the earth's surface |
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pool of liquid rock inside the volcano |
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A vent at the opening of the earth in which through volcanic material passes |
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Dust-sized particles of lava that come from an eruption |
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Enormous amounts of hot ash, dust, and gases are ejected from a volcano |
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Built of layers of lava from quiet, non-explosive eruptions |
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Made of pyroclastic material from moderately explosive eruptions |
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Layers of lava alternating with pyroclastic material such as ash |
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Funnel-shaped vent near top central vent of volcano |
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location where heat causes an area of liquid magma that creates volcanoes NOT on a plate boundary. Created Hawaii. |
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Movement over a hotspot. Youngest on the hotspot. Oldest farthest away. |
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