Volcano Vocab

3. Large area under a volcano that holds magma
5. A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas erupts from the earth's crust.
7. The largest type of volcano that has the gentlest hills, usually only has one crater with little to no additional vents
8. The ash and lava that fly out of a volcano during the peak of an eruption
13. Bowl-shaped area at the top of a volcano
14. A ____ is when tectonic plates move away from each other
15. Melted rock on the earth’s surface

1. Large (tall) volcanoes with multiple vents along with a crater for which magma to flow through during an eruption.
2. Holes in volcanoes where magma can come out
3. The most common type of volcano in the world; a steep hill that usually has a prominent crater at the top with no additional vents.
4. Huge hole left when a volcano falls in (collapses)
6. Volcanoes that form around the edge of the Pacific Ocean
9. Melted rock that pours down a volcano during an eruption
10. The heart of a volcano, from the magma chamber to the crater, in which magma moves through
11. A _____ Boundary is when tectonic plates come together
12. Melted rock under the earth’s crust