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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
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