2006-09-20 07:43:19 · 23 answers · asked by jacksonmenchi 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
A dormant volcano or sleeping volcano is a volcano that has been quiet for a long time, but still has signs it may erupt again. A volcano becomes dormant when the vent is blocked by hardened lava, called a plug, or if the magma seeps back under the earth’s crust. Volcanoes can be dormant for hundreds of years. Then suddenly a volcano will erupt again. The eruption is usually very violent. The plug of a dormant volcano stops the magma from rising. Then pressure under the plug builds up, so the plug gives away and a large eruption is caused. The volcano is then classified again as an active volcano.
An extinct volcano is one that has not erupted for thousands of years. Sometimes it is hard to tell if a volcano is dormant or extinct. They will be listed as dormant until volcanologists are sure there will be no more eruptions.
2006-09-20 07:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by dinasname 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dormant
2006-09-20 07:45:43 · answer #2 · answered by aloneinga 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dormant
2006-09-20 07:45:10 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin J 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dormant
2006-09-20 07:44:24 · answer #4 · answered by wizjp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Extinct
2006-09-20 07:51:14 · answer #5 · answered by But Inside I'm Screaming 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An inactive volcano around here is known as a MOUNTAIN.
2006-09-20 07:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by ღஜJuliஜღ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CLAIRE IS RIGHT, lindsey that is the poorest answer ever, quite frankly mountains are not volcanoes, do u really think mountains are going to explode with magma pouring out ...???eeerrrr no.
2006-09-20 08:13:31 · answer #7 · answered by GANGSTA PANGSTA 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Extinct if it will never erupt again, dormant if it might.
2006-09-20 07:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by claire 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
dormant
2006-09-20 08:01:45 · answer #9 · answered by gilwell06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dormant
2006-09-20 07:50:57 · answer #10 · answered by john . 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋