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Hot molten rock that has flowed to the earth's surface
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Lava
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Hot molten rock below the earth's surface
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Magma
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The underground pocket where magama gathers beneath the earth's surface
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Magma chamber
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The passage from the magma chamber to the surface
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Vent
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A volcano with large amounts of free flowing lava
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Shield volcano
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A volcano with lava and ash that both erupt from a vent
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Composite cone
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A volcano that is mostly ash
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A cinder cone
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The material that erupts out of the volcano
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Tephra
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A volcano that is no longer erupting but has potential for activity
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Dormant volcano
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A volcano that is not erupting and is not expected to erupt again
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Extinct volcano
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Lava that has a ropey smooth texture
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Pahoehoe
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A violent volcano with a high velocity explotion from vent
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Plinian
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Rough jagged lava
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Aa
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Volcano that erupted in the 1980s
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Mt. St. Helens
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This is the (almost) closest volcano to Delware and is in Arizona
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Sunset Crater
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