2. • A volcano is a mountain with a large hole
at the top.
• This hole is called a crater.
3. • A volcano forms at an opening or vent, in the crust at the
boundaries between plates.
• Volcanoes form new land. Gases and particles from a
volcano can affect the weather.
• The mantle is the layer of Earth under the crust. Some
areas are very hot and volcanoes can form at these hot
spots. As the plates move, the volcanoes form an island
chain like The Hawaiian Islands.
4. In an eruption, a volcano productes very hot, meltet rocks.
MAGMA: Under the surface.
LAVA: On the surface.
A lava lake is a amount of lava forms in the crater.
A volcanic eruptions occurs when one plate pul under the
other.