Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes

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What is the relationship between craters, calderas,

vents, and magma? - The crater is the top of the
volcano shaped in a depression. The caldera is
usually less than a 1km in diameter larger
depression. Vents are openings in the crust. Magma
is a mixture of molten rock.
How does a crater lake form? (words and pictures)- A
is a bowl- shaped depression that surrounds the
volcano. Over time, the lava can accumulate to form
a mountain known as the volcano.
Ex. Northern Arizona the Sunset Crater
What two factors does a
volcanos appearance depend
upon? What characteristics
vary among volcanoes? - Size
and slope the smallest
volcanoes are cinder-cone volcanoes which often
forms on very larger volcanoes. The slopes of cindercone and composite volcanoes are concave, and the
slopes are the result of many factors, including the
different kinds of materials that make up each
volcano.
Complete the following table in your notes:
Type of
Volcano

Materials
&
Descriptio
n

Sketch

Example

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Shield

A
mountain
with
broad,
gently
sloping
sides and
a nearly
circular
base

A Mauna
Loa in
Hawaii

Cinder-Cone

Forms
when
material
ejected
high into
the air
falls back
to the
Earth and
piles up
around the
vent

The
Izalco
volcano
in El
Salvador

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Composite
(Stratovolcan
o)

Forms
when
layers of
volcanic
fragments
alternate
with lava

Mount
St.
Helens

How do the volcanoes compare in terms of size and

slope? The smallest volcanoes which often form on
or very near large volcanoes. The slopes of shield
volcanoes are positive are concave, the gentlest
slopes.
What factors cause differences in size and slope? The different kinds of materials that make up each
volcano, the vegetation that grows on the volcanos
slopes, local climate, and the eruptive history of the
volcano.
What is tephra? - Rock fragments thrown into the air
during a volcanic eruption.
What is a pyroclastic flow? - The rapidly moving of
volcanic material.
Where are most volcanoes found? - The Pacific Ring
of Fire.
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.

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How do hotspots form? - Unusually hot regions of

Earths mantle where high-temperature plumes of
mantle material rise toward the surface.
What do hotspots tell us about tectonic plates? Hotspots tell us - Hot spots 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. There is one
in the mid-Pacific, which resulted in the creation of
the Hawaiian Islands. As the Pacific plate moved
over this hot spot, it gradually created volcanos
that breached the water's surface, creating these
islands. We can see how the plate has moved over
the hot spot via this chain of islands.

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