Volcanoes

Cinders

Volcanoes often produce charred bits of rocks; ashes

The volcanoes cinders coated the ground.

Crater

A bowl-shaped depression The volcano eruption created a huge

crater.

Crust

The solid outer layer of earth. The plate tectonics lie on the earth’s

crust.

Eruption

A volcanic explosion or large flow of lava

The volcano eruption blew the mountain top off.

Lava

Hot melted rock that flows from a volcano

The lava burned all the trees in its path

Magma

Hot melted rock underneath the earth’s surface

The magma shot out of the volcano furiously.

Molten

Made liquid by heat The molten rocks slide down from

the volcano.

Summit

The top of a mountain We climbed all the way to the

summit.

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Billowing Magma Advancing Lava Exploding Crater Erupting Summit

Pipe Fissure Molten Weathering Collapsing Cinders Century Extinct

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Types of Volcanoes