Unit 3 Lesson 6 Science

a type of volcano composed of layers of hardened lava flows and pyroclastic layers that have built up with each eruption

• cinder cone volcano

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

a short, broad, dome-shaped volcano composed of layers of low-viscosity lava flows

• cinder cone volcano

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

a small, steeply-sided volcano made up of pyroclastic debris such as cinders, ash, and other rock that accumulated around a volcanic vent

• cinder cone volcano

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

melted rock located beneath Earth's surface

• hot spot

• lava

• magma

• volcano

melted rock on Earth's surface

• hot spot

• lava

• magma

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

an opening in the Earth's surface through which magma and gases or only gases erupt

• hot spot

• lava

• magma

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

an anomalously hot, stationary point below the lithosphere where melting of the mantle and crust generates volcanism at Earth's surface

• hot spot

• lava

• magma

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3