VolcaNOW 7.2A

The release of material from a volcano like lava and gasses, often explosive

• Crystal

• Eruption

• Melting

• Molten

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Molten liquid rock material that comes out of a volcano and forms rocks.

• Eruption Period

• Lava

• Magma

• Magnitude

Molten rock material inside the Earth

• Eruption Period

• Lava

• Magma

• Magnitude

A steep-sided, often cone-shaped volcano

• Caldera

• Fissure Vent

• Shield Volcano

• Stratovolcano

A broad volcano with gently sloping sides

• Caldera

• Fissure Vent

• Shield Volcano

• Stratovolcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A linear crack, usually at the bottom of the ocean, through which lava erupts

• Caldera

• Fissure Vents

• Shield Volcano

• Stratovolcano

A very wide crater, formed by the collapse of the top of a volcano after a big eruption

• Caldera

• Fissure Vent

• Shield Volcano

• Stratovolcano

The thicker layer of molten and semi-solid, very hot material under the crust

• Crystallization

• Mantle

• Melting

• Ring of Fire

The transition of solid rock to a liquid magma when heated, such as what happens to rock in the mantle or specifically to tectonic plate descending into the mantle at a subduction zone

• Crystallization

• Eruption

• Melting

• Molten

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The formation of a crystal from a liquid often during cooling

• Crystal

• Crystallization

• Melting

• Molten

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4