What kind of lavas build steep cones?

Science by Geoffrey

Volcano Worksheet 1.1 (Use your phone/ internet to look up answers)         

 

  1. Classifying Volcanoes

Use online resources to find the location and classification of the following volcanoes:

VOLCANO LOCATION COMPOSITE SHIELD CINDER CONE
Mt. Pinatubo        
Mount Hood        
Kilauea        
Paricutin        
Mount Cotopaxi        
Mount Saint Helens        
Mount Rainier        
Mauna Loa        
Mount Fuji        
Mount Shasta        
Mt. Etna        

 

 

  1. What kind of lavas build steep cones? __________________________

 

  1. Where are cinder cones found? ________________________________________________________

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  1. What is a lava dome? _________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Where does the name “stratovolcano” come from? ________________________________________

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  1. Where do shield volcanoes typically form? ________________________________________________

 

  1. How is a caldera formed? ______________________________________________________________

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  1. How do volcanoes grow? ______________________________________________________________

 

  1. What do you call the rocks that form when flowing lava solidifies? __________________

 

simulation.

 

 

Volume   +  Viscosity  + Volatiles =  Volcano Type

 

  1. Low +    Low         +    Low      = _____________________________

 

  1. Low +    Low         +   Med.     = _____________________________

 

  1. Med. +    Med.       +   Med.     = _____________________________

 

  1. High +    Med.       +   Med.     = _____________________________

 

  1. High +    Low         +   Med.     = _____________________________

 

 

  1. What do the Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone have in common? _____________________________

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  1. (Hawaiian Islands) How many volcanoes have formed over this hot spot? _______________________

 

  1. What is the name of the submarine volcano south of Hawaii? __________________

 

17..  Where do most of Kilauea’s eruptions occur? _________________________

 

  1. (Yellowstone National Park) How many eruptions has Yellowstone experienced? ____________

 

  1. What present-day state was originally over the hot spot? ________________________

 

  1. When was the Huckleberry Ridge Eruption? ______________ What was the volume? _____________

 

  1. What do scientists monitor for warning signs of an eruption? _________________________________

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