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How long does an active volcanoe not have to erupt for it to become inactive?
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A volcano is considered Active if it is currently erupting or expected to erupt in "the near future".
The problem is that "near future" is pretty ambiguous. If there is a fairly well defined date range for the predicted next eruption on the order of perhaps a range of a year or so (or maybe a decade or so) it would be considered active. If the best guess is on the order of a hundred or more years in the future, it would be considered dormant.
Some definitions consider any volcano that has erupted in the last 1000 years to be "active".
Pick your definition...
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What are the active and inactive volcanoes?
An inactive volcano is an extinct volcano basically one that does not erupt anymore however an active volcano is a volcano which still erupts.
What does it mean if volcano is active?
you can get active, dormant (or sleeping) and inactive volcanoes. an active volcano is one that is very likely to erupt in the future and still has magma in it. a dormant (or sleeping) volcano is one that has not erupted for the past thousand-or-so years, but can still erupt an inactive volcano is highly unlikely to ever erupt again. every volcano will eventually become inactive. at one time, there were volcano in the UK, but they have all died out now (or become inactive) !!
What does not erupt through a volcanoe's vents?
lava
What is the difference of an active volcano and a dormant volcano?
An active volcano is one which maintains a hot magma chamber, so that it might erupt anytime in the future. An inactive (extinct or dormant) contains mainly cooled lava and is not likely to erupt unless there is a new supply of hot magma.
Where did the Vesuvius volcanoe erupt?
Right where it sat, in Italy
Definition of active and inactive volcano?
An active volcano is one that could erupt anytime,but an inactive volcano means that it's kind of ''asleep''.So it will not erupt.
What do you mean by active and inactive volcano?
Active volcanoes are likely to erupt at any time where as inactive volcanoes are 'asleep' or haven't erupted much in the past and are unlikely to erupt in the near future.
What are the active and inactive volcanoes?
An inactive volcano is an extinct volcano basically one that does not erupt anymore however an active volcano is a volcano which still erupts.
Active and live volcanoes?
I dont know if the ispell of the active volcanoe is still dormant but i do know that but excinct volcanoes can still erupt.
What does it mean if volcano is active?
you can get active, dormant (or sleeping) and inactive volcanoes. an active volcano is one that is very likely to erupt in the future and still has magma in it. a dormant (or sleeping) volcano is one that has not erupted for the past thousand-or-so years, but can still erupt an inactive volcano is highly unlikely to ever erupt again. every volcano will eventually become inactive. at one time, there were volcano in the UK, but they have all died out now (or become inactive) !!
What inactive volcano?
Active volcanoes still have the ability to erupt. Inactive are essentially ex-volcanoes, just big mounds.
What is the different of active and inactive volcano?
Active Volcano erupts from time to time while a inactive volcano hasn't erupted in a long while and may not erupt in the future again. But your never sure if a volcano is truly inactive or not!
What does not erupt through a volcanoe's vents?
lava
What is the difference of an active volcano and a dormant volcano?
An active volcano is one which maintains a hot magma chamber, so that it might erupt anytime in the future. An inactive (extinct or dormant) contains mainly cooled lava and is not likely to erupt unless there is a new supply of hot magma.
Could volcanoe's erupt in two days?
yep
Where did the Vesuvius volcanoe erupt?
Right where it sat, in Italy
What type of volcano erupts all the time?
active volcanoes erupt but not all the time, there are 3 different types of volcanoes active, inactive and extinct.
