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Period _____ Assignment # __

Vocabulary Review:

1. Basaltic volcano with gently sloping sides.

2. Volcano formed from alternating layers of lava and tephra
3. A secondary vent that emits only gases _____________________________________
4. Smooth lava that sometimes cools with a ropey texture _________________________
5. Mixture of volcanic ash, eroded land and water the flows into valleys _
6. Hot area in Earth’s mantle that melts rock into magma
7. Mountain that forms from layers of lava and ash
8. A smaller secondary volcano built on the side of or near the main volcano, but sharing the
same conduit to the magma chamber _______________________
9. Large opening caused by the collapse of the top of a volcano
10. Ash and cinders blown violently out of volcanoes
11. Opening at the top of a volcano’s vent
12. Lava suddenly cooled by water
13. The “neck” of the volcano, connects the magma chamber to vent
14. The reservoir located under the volcano where magma collects ____________________
15. A long crack from which lava flows ____________________________
16. Rough, jagged lava that is thick and slow moving ___________________
17. A scientists who studies volcanoes ____________________________
18. Steep-sided volcano made of tephra _________________________________

Volcano Hot spot Composite volcano Magma Chamber

Tephra Fumarole Parasitic Cone Cinder cone
Conduit Volcanologist Fissure Caldera
Shield volcano Crater Pahoehoe
AA Pillow lava Lahar

Types of Tephra:

_____________________ walnut sized rocks

_____________________ pea sized / gravel sized
_____________________ smallest particles that come from a volcano
_____________________ can be up to 4+ feet in diameter
_____________________ .25 to .5 cm in diameter
Concept Review:

1. Identify each form of volcano and then fill in the chart with the appropriate information
about each form.

Form of Volcano Type of Magma or Shape of Volcano Materials in volcano

Composition
Figure 1:

Figure 2:

Figure 3:

2. What is the relationship between the amount of gases in magma and the explosiveness of a
volcanic eruption?

3. What are the three places where volcanoes are found. Give an example of each. _________
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4. What are the three stages of the life of a volcano? ______________________________

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5. Describe the activity that will be observed around an active volcano just before it erupts.

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Label the parts of the volcano on the diagram below: