2.2.

2 Practice: The Yellowstone Super volcano

Earth Science Sem 2 Name:            
Points Possible:50 Date:            
Answer the following questions thoroughly.
1. Draw a diagram of a volcano. Make sure you label the magma chamber, central vent, side vents, and crater.
(5 points) (COLEMAN NOTE – YOU CAN DRAW THIS ON YOUR OWN PAPER AND TAKE A PICTURE AND SEND
IT TO ME – ronny.coleman@ksd.org – MAKE SURE AND PUT THE NUMBER OF THE ASSIGNMENT)

2. What are the three things that can come out of a volcano during a volcanic eruption? (9 points)
     
3. Volcanoes are able to form in several different plate-tectonic settings.
A. How does a hot-spot supervolcano (such as Yellowstone) form? (5 points)
     
B. What type of volcano is Mount Saint Helens? (2 points)
     
C. How is the formation of this type of volcano different than that of a hot-spot volcano? (6 points)
     
4. Most hot-spot volcanoes erupt through oceanic crust.
A. Do these hot-spot volcanoes tend to erupt more explosively than other volcanoes? (5 points)
     
B. What is an example of a hot-spot volcano that supports your answer? (4 points)
     
5. Why do oceanic hot-spot volcanoes often form a long line of volcanic islands? (10 points)
     
6. The Internet is flooded with information on the Yellowstone supervolcano. What are two characteristics you
use to determine if Web sites will have accurate information? (4 points)