An active volcano is one that is erupting or is likely to erupt.
A dormant volcano is one that has not erupted for a long time (but is still possibly active).
An extinct volcano is one that is not likely to erupt again.
An extinct volcano will not erupt in the future, a dormant volcano may erupt in the future but has not erupted in the last 200 years.
When is it thought the first volcano in Australia erupted? When is it thought the first volcano in Australia erupted?
A sleeping volcano is a volcano which hasn't erupted in ages but has erupted in the past and will carry on erupting in the future. Another name for a sleeping volcano is a dormant volcano. Volcanoes can go through a dormant or sleeping phase sometimes lasting for hundreds of years before reawakening and erupting again. Volcanoes with no geological activity are "extinct", and will never erupt again.
Mt. Vulcan. It is once known as the bigggest volcano in the world. When it erupted, a continent, Australia, was born. Did you know that volcano was first called avatain(what a stupid name)? It was to remembered Vulcan.
It depends some volcanoes erupt and then thousands of years past they will erupt again but some volcanoes erupt and will never erupt again and are dead volcanoes
The word "volcano" was derived from the Roman god of fire and smithing, Vulcan. It was said that Vulcan lived in a volcano where he made weapons for the gods. When he got angry the volcano would erupt, similarly to volcanic eruptions today.
A volcano is easy it's an active volcano but there are thousands that could erupt tomorrow
Its never known
it is mt.erebus
If it 'unlikely' to erupt again but it could, it's dormant.
band: erupt(like a volcano)
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When is it thought the first volcano in Australia erupted? When is it thought the first volcano in Australia erupted?
Eyjafjallajökull (Eyja - Fjalla - Jökull = Island - Mountain - Glacier)
A sleeping volcano is a volcano which hasn't erupted in ages but has erupted in the past and will carry on erupting in the future. Another name for a sleeping volcano is a dormant volcano. Volcanoes can go through a dormant or sleeping phase sometimes lasting for hundreds of years before reawakening and erupting again. Volcanoes with no geological activity are "extinct", and will never erupt again.
because when mt Vesuvius erupt the people thought the fire god was angry and his name was Vulcan
An extinct volcano that has not erupted for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again. A dormant volcano may have erupted several thousand years or more before and is not expected to erupt again, but it still has a magma supply.
Mt. Vulcan. It is once known as the bigggest volcano in the world. When it erupted, a continent, Australia, was born. Did you know that volcano was first called avatain(what a stupid name)? It was to remembered Vulcan.