This volcano gathers magma deep within the Earth’s surface.

It explodes violently.

Grows thousands of meters tall.

The region in the mantle, the layer of Earth below the crust, where heat rises.

The pieces of land that connect together on the Earth's outer shell.

Tectonic plates collide into each other and mountains can form.

A way that a volcano can form

An active volcano that is not erupting at that moment is...

One plate moves under another one and a volcano can form. 

A large volcanic crater that is formed after the magma chamber collapses.

Simplest type of volcano. Particles and blobs of lava eject from volcano vent.

Large and broad volcano

Looks like a shield

Lava comes out thin and travels great distances

Build up slowly over time

They form on land or underwater. They form when lava flows onto Earth’s surface.

Tectonic plates move away from one another and can form a volcano is...

A volcano that forms when lava is too thick to flow

When lava hardens close to the vent, the volcano gets

round and lumpy.

This volcano has not erupted for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again for the same amount of time.

What you call magma once it comes out of an erupting volcano.

How far do tectonic plates move in a year?