Volcano Terms
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- Active volcano
- A volcano that still erupts from time to time
- Extinct volcano
- A volcano that will not erupt again
- Crater
- The funnel-shaped hole at the top of a volcano
- Dormant volcano
- A volcano which is not erupting, but might in the future
- Conduit
- A passage through which magma flows in a volcano
- Tectonic plate
- One of the huge pieces of rock that make up the Earth's crust
- Vulcanologist
- A scientist who studies volcanoes
- Lava
- Magma from inside the Earth that has erupted on the Earth's surface
- Vent
- The opening in a volcano through which lava, gases, ashes and cinders erupt
- Magma
- Molten (liquid) rock inside the Earth
- Magma chamber
- An area deep within the Earth's crust that contains magma
- Ash
- The powder that is left behind after something has been burned