Volcano Facts Coloring Pages
It’s time to learn some cool facts about volcanoes! These volcano facts coloring pages are a great way to learn about them while having fun with a coloring activity.
Our volcano facts coloring pages are perfect for at-home learning or classroom environments, so feel free to print as many copies as needed.
Free printable volcano facts coloring sheets
Did you know that volcanoes are mountains above a pool of molten rock, called magma, below the surface of the Earth? And that volcanic eruptions can trigger tsunamis, flash floods, earthquakes, and other natural phenomena?
Here at Kids Activities Blog, we love learning activities that keep kids engaged and having so much fun they don’t even know they are learning… That’s why we know kids are going to love our volcano facts coloring pages!
Let’s see what we will need to color these coloring sheets…
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SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR VOLCANO FACTS COLORING SHEETS
This coloring page is sized for standard letter printer paper dimensions – 8.5 x 11 inches.
- Something to color with: favorite crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, water colors…
- The printed volcano facts coloring pages template pdf — see button below to download & print
10 interesting facts about volcanoes
- A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, usually found in a mountain. Gas, hot magma, and ash escape from this opening.
- The word comes from the Roman name “Vulcan”, the Roman god of fire.
- Volcanoes are usually found at meeting points of tectonic plates which cause earthquakes, eruptions, and the building of new mountains.
- Volcanoes can be active, dormant, or extinct.
- Active volcanoes have erupted within the last 10,000 years or have other activity.
- A dormant volcano is one that hasn’t erupted in the last 10,000 years, but it might do it at some point.
- Extinct volcanoes haven’t erupted in the last 10,000 years and are unlikely to erupt in the future.
- The liquid inside a volcano is called magma, a rock that is so hot that it turned into a liquid. Once a volcano erupts and magma comes out of the volcano, it is called lava.
- Lava is so hot, it can get up to 2,282°F (1,250°C).
- There are volcanoes on other planets. The largest volcano in our solar system is on Mars and it’s called Olympus Mons).
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