Activity 3: VOLCABULARY
Directions: Read each statement carefully. Write the correct word/words that is/are being described
in the statement. Use the space provided before the item number for your answer.
1. This refers to the opening in the Earth's crust that allows molten rock from beneath
the crust to reach the surface. Volcano
2. This pertains to the molten material formed at depth and oozes up beneath the
Earth's surface Magma
3. The molten material that erupts and flows out from the volcano. Lava
4. This refers to the volcanoes that erupted 10,000 years ago based on the analyses
of their material. Active volcanoes
5. A volcano can be classified as
if it has no record of eruption for the
last 10,000 years. Inactive
6. This type of volcanic eruption exhibits excessively explosive type of eruption of
gases and pyroclastics. Plinian
7. A type of volcanic eruption that results to the formation of a large column of very
fine ash and high-speed and sideway emission of pyroclastics, Phreatomagmatic
8. This eruption style is characterized by tall eruption columns as exhibited by the
Paricutin Volcano in Mexico. Vulcanian
9. This volcanic eruption is known for having a periodic weak to violent eruption
characterized by fountain lava. Strombolian
10. This volcanic eruption is known as stream -driven eruption due to the contact of
hot rocks and water. Phreatic or hydrothermal​