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  • volcano natural opening of earth surface where molten rocks, gases and ashes are ejected
  • mayon volcano is the most active volcano
  • base, slope and summit are the basic parts of a volcano
  • crater is a funnel shaped depression, formed as a result of explosive eruption (the mouth of the volcano or the opening of the volcano
  • caldera is part of the crater collapses
  • magma is the molten rocks inside the earth
  • lava is a magma that has been ejected out the volcano
  • the 3 types of volcano are shield volcano, cinder cone volcano and composite volcano
  • the 5 types of volcanic eruption are phreatic, phreatomagmatic, strombolian, vulcanian, plinian
  • phreatic is a stream driven eruption as the hot rocks come in contact with water
  • phreatomagmatic is violent eruption due to contact between water and magma
  • strombolian is a violent eruption, fountain lava
  • vulcanian is characterize by tall eruption, reach up to 20 km with pyroclastic flow and ashfall tephra
  • plinian is excessively explosive, eruption of gas and pyroclastic
  • active volcano has a record of eruption
  • inactive volcano shows no activity and has no record of eruption
  • taal volcano is a volcano that is located in batangas and has 47 craters