0
What do you call a volcano that is not dead but hasn't erupted for many years?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
A volcano which has not erupted for many years can be described as dormant. The word dormant is derived from the French, dormire, meaning to sleep.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What do you call a volcano that has not erupted for hundreds of years?
Such a volcano is dormant.
What do you call a volcano that has not erupted for 1000 years?
You would call this volcano dormant. Dormant means that the volcano could erupt but right now the volcano is inactive/dormant.
What do you call a volcano that has erupted for a long time?
Simply an "active" Volcano. If it has NOT erupted for a long time it can be a "dormant" or "extinct" Volcano.
What do you call a volcano that has not erupted in a while but just did?
A volcano that has erupted recently is considered active. In the time before it erupted, if it had not previously erupted in historic times, it is considered dormant.
What do you call a volcano that has not erupted in a while?
Dormant
What do you call a volcano that has not eruped but could still erupted?
A "Dormant Volcano"
What do we call a volcano that has not erupted in a long time but that scientists believe may erupt in the future?
dormant
When a volcano has not erupted for thousands of years what is it called?
You call a volcano that is no longer active (erupting, or any other seismic activity) dormant.
What is A volcano that has not erupted recently but May also do so in the future?
This is described as a dormant volcano (neither active nor extinct).
What do call molten rock before it has erupted?
Molten rock below the surface of the Earth is known as magma. After it erupts from a volcano it is called lava.
What call molten rock before it has erupted?
Molten rock below the surface of the Earth is known as magma. After it erupts from a volcano it is called lava.
What do you call molten after it has erupted?
What you call molten rock after it has erupted is lava.
