Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes

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What is the relationship between craters, calderas,

vents, and magma? All deal with magma
How does a crater lake form? (words and pictures)
GREW, BLEW, FELL, and FILL

What two factors does a volcanos appearance

depend upon? Plate boundaries and amount of land
moving
What characteristics vary among volcanoes? Height
and width
Complete the following table in your notes:
Type of
Volcano

Materials & Sketch

Description

Example

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Shield

Basalt

Hawaiian
Islands

Cinder-Cone

Silica

The
Izalco
volcano

Composite
(Stratovolcan
o)

Silica,
water, and
gases

Mount St.
Helens

How do the volcanoes compare in terms of size and

slope? Each have steep sides.
What factors cause differences in size and slope? The
way tectonic plates move
What is tephra? Rock fragments thrown into the air
during a volcanic eruption
What is a pyroclastic flow? rapidly moving volcanic
material
Where are most volcanoes found? The ring of fire

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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? Multiple volcanic eruptions
What do hotspots tell us about tectonic plates?
That their movement is spontaneous and erratic

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