Vocabulary #14

Vocabulary #14

Volcanoes

Hot Spot: A very hot part of the mantle, where magma can melt through a plate moving above it.
                              
The lava star to melt in the hot spot of a volcano .

Vent : A central  opening in a volcanic area through which magma many escape .
                                 
A vent is the place where the lava may escape .

Lava : Magma that reaches Earth's surface and flows out of a vent
                                                 
The lava is the substance that escape througth the vent of a Volcano .

Crater : a cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent 
                                                    
Crater are the prove that maybe a meteoride touch the earth .

Cinder-cone volcano: A steep-spided cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks, ranging from particles to boulders
                                                     
A cilinder cone volcano look like a normal volcano but it isnt .

Shiels Volcano: A wide, gently sloped cone that forms from flows of lava .

                                                     
shield Volcanos lava flows all directions .

Composite Volcano : A cone formed from explosive eruptions of hot rocks followed by a flow of lava, over and over.
                                                 
Composite volcanoes are incomonly seen .

Geothermal energy:  Heat from below Earth's surface

                                      
Geothermal energy would be a very good alternative enrgy to avoid climate change .