Vocabulary # 13: Volcanoes

Hot spot: a very hot part of the mantle, where magma can melt through a plate moving above it
                                    

Vent: A central opening in a volcanic area through wich magma may escape

                                                     



Lava: Magma that reaches Eart`s surface and flows out of a vent

                               

Crater: a cuplike hollow that forms at the top of a volcano around the vent

                                          

Cinder-Cone volcano: A steep-sidde cone that forms from explosive eruptions of hot rocks, ranging from particles to boulders
                              

Shield volcano: A wide, gently sloped cone that forms from flows a  lava
                               

Composite Volcano: a cone formed from explosive eruptions  of hot rocks followed by s flow of lava, over and over

                                

Geothermal energy: Heast from below Earth`s surface