Volcanic Hazards Flashcards
(9 cards)
It is a rain of airborne ash resulting from a volcanic eruption and is one of the most widespread and frequent volcanic hazards.
Ash fall
The Volcanic hazard is classified into two types: _________________
Primary and Secondary.
a hot or cold mixture of water and rock fragments that flows down the slopes of a volcano. (muddy)
Lahars
a hot, dense, fast-moving flow of solidified lava pieces, volcanic ash, and hot gasses.
Pyroclastic flows
are implicit pitfalls posed by stormy exertion and eventuality to harm people, properly and the natural world.
Volcanic Hazards
It is a molten rock that flows and can destroy Buildings, infrastructure, roads and many more.
Lava flows
Communities near active volcanoes can be significantly affected by _______________.
volcanic hazards
Gasses that are emitted by the volcano. It can be __________________. It is also injected in the _______________.
Volcanic gasses; water vapor, Sulfur Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide; stratosphere
fragments of solid or fluid matter emitted during the range of magmatic or phreatic explosive eruptions.
Ballistic projectiles
