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Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes

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What is the relationship between craters, calderas, vents, and magma? The relationship
between craters, calderas, vents, and magma because the vent connects to the crater
which is the top of the volcano and the larger depressions of the calderas can form at the
summit. The magma flows throughout.
How does a crater lake form? (words and pictures) The crater is connected to the magma
chamber by the vent.
What two factors does a volcanos appearance depend upon? The two factors that can
influence the appearance of a volcano depends on the type of material that forms the
volcano and the type of eruptions that occur. What characteristics vary among volcanoes?
Size, shape, and composition vary between volcanoes.
Complete the following table in your notes:
Type of Volcano

Materials &
Description

Shield
-broad, slightly
dome-shaped
-not steep
-mild eruptions of
large volumes of
basaltic lava

Cinder-Cone
-small size
-steep slope angle
-built from ejected
lava fragments

Composite
(Stratovolcano)

-symmetrical cone
-many located in
Pacific Ring of
fire

Sketch

Example
Mauna Loa
Femandina Island

Paricutin Wizard
Island

Mount Rainier

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-composed of
interbedded lava

How do the volcanoes compare in terms of size and slope?


Volcanoes compare in terms of size because the# all have different sizes and one volcano
could be a steep slope and another could not be very steep.
What factors cause differences in size and slope?
They result in many factors, including the different kinds of materials that make up each
volcano, the vegetation that grows on the volcanoes slopes, local climate, and the
eruptive history of the volcano.
What is tephra?
Tephra is the rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcano.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
Pyroclastic flow is a dense. Destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases
ejected explosively from a volcano and typically flowing downward at a great speed.
Where are most volcanoes found?
Most volcanos are found at convergent and divergent boundaries.
Use the maps provided to show: (1) the Circum Pacific Belt and the Mediterranean Belt
where convergent volcanism occurs and (2) the Hawaiian Emperor Volcanic Chain.
How do hotspots form?
Hotspots form when heat rises in the mantle as thermal plume from deep in the Earth
(core). High heat and lower pressure at a base of the lithosphere (tectonic plate)
facilitates melting of the rock.
What do hotspots tell us about tectonic plates?
Hotspots are places where tectonic, especially volcanic activity is especially strong,
often breaking through a plate even though it is not at the juncture of two plates.

Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes


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Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes


480

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Do not write on this copy. Transfer the questions into your notebook in Cornell style and
use your book to find the answers.

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