Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes page 480

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What is the relationship between craters, calderas, vents, and
magma?
They get the magma out to the surface
How does a crater lake form? (words and pictures)
Crater lakes form as the created depression, within the crater rim,
is filled by water.
What two factors does a volcanos appearance depend upon?
What characteristics vary among volcanoes?
Size and base, height
Complete the following table in your notes:
Type of Volcano Materials &
Description
Sketch Example
Shield
Flat and broad
Volcanoes in
hawaii
Cinder-Cone Cone shaped

Volcanoes in
the phillipines
Composite
(Stratovolcano)
Giant Mt. st helen

How do the volcanoes compare in terms of size and slope?
Either tall and high slopes or short with gentle slopes
What factors cause differences in size and slope?
lava flow
What is tephra?
fragmental material produced by a volcanic eruption regardless of
composition, fragment size or emplacement mechanism.
What is a pyroclastic flow?
is a fast-moving current of hot gas and rock
Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes page 480
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Where are most volcanoes found?
The ring of fire
Use the maps provided to show: (1) the Circum Pacific Belt and the
Mediterranean Belt where convergent volcanism occur and (2) the
Hawaiian Emperor Volcanic Chain.
How do hotspots form?
Plates move away, exposing magma
What do hotspots tell us about tectonic plates?
They are changing and moving