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Volcanoes: Fire and Life

Horizontales
An explosive eruption that hurls out a mixture of hot gas, ash, and rock
A volcano likely to awaken in the future, but currently inactive
A volcano unlikely to ever erupt again
A steep volcano created by layers of ash, cinders, and rocks
Outermost layer of the earth; a thin shell that surrounds the entire Earth
A huge portion of the Earth's crust that moves
Opening in a volcano
When magma squeezes between horizontal layers of rock
When two plates move toward each other
Runny lava pours out of the vent in wide, thin layers to create this type of volcano
A major volcanic belt that covers parts of Asia, South and North America, and Australia
A molten mixture of rock, gases, and water from the mantle
When two plates move away from each other
A string of islands
Bowl-shaped area that may form around a volcano's central vent
Verticales
A tall, cone-shaped mountain that alternates with layers of lava and ash, also known as a stratovolcano
A weak spot in the crust where magma and gases erupts onto the surface
A pocket in the volcano where magma collects
When one of the plates is pushed under the other into the Earth's mantle
A long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to the Earth's surface
The thickness of a liquid
The lighter of the two types of tectonic plates
Where hot magma rises from the mantle/outer core border and through the crust. Unlike other types of volcanoes, these don't occur at plate boundaries.
Formed when magma hardens in an extinct volcano's central vent
The heavier of the two types of tectonic plates
The hug depression left by the collapse of a volcano with a depleted magma chamber
A mixture of silicon and oxygen; more of this in magma makes it thicker and stickier