Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity

______ a substance's resistance to flow.

The most common gas in magma.

• Carbon dioxide

• Sulfur dioxide

• Hydrogen sulfide

• Water vapor

______ an opening through which lava erupts.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Largest of the volcanoes.

• Cinder cone

• Shield volcano

• Composite volcano

• Lava dome

Has steep sides made up of alternating layers of ash and lava.

• Cinder cone

• Shield volcano

• Composite volcano

• Lava dome

______ are bodies of intrusive igneous rock that cooled deep inside the Earth.

The largest type of pluton.

• Laccolith

• Stocks

• Sills

• Batholiths

A mushroom-shaped pluton with a round top and a flat bottom.

• Laccolith

• Stock

• Sill

• Batholith

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

An intrusion that forms when magma intrudes parallel to layers of rock.

• Laccolith

• Stock

• Sill

• Batholith

______ originates when rock in the upper mantle and lower crust partially melt.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1