Structure and features of volcanoes
Volcanoes have distinctive features:
- A region under the surface of the Earth where hot molten magma collects. - this is where the molten rock is stored beneath the ground
- The thin narrow pipe in the middle of a volcano that connects the magma chamber to the crater. - this is the channel (or channels) through which Molten rock that is found within the Earth. travels to reach the Earth's surface
- The thin narrow pipe at the side of a volcano formed when the main vent is blocked. - some magma may escape through the side of the volcano, particularly if the main vent becomes blocked
- The hole at the top of a volcano where lava and ash escape. - this is found at the top of the volcano and magma erupts from here