Match the word to the definition.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Hot Spot | arrow_right_alt | A hole in Earth's surface through which magma, hot gases, ash, and rock fragments escape from deep inside the planet. |
Lava | arrow_right_alt | A dense wave of superheated air and rock that moves as a fluid from an erupting volcano |
Pyroclastic Flow | arrow_right_alt | Molten rock deep within Earth consists of liquids, gases, and particles of rocks and crystals. |
Pahoehoe | arrow_right_alt | Large circular depression formed when an empty magma chamber causes the collapse of the volcano above it. |
Caldera | arrow_right_alt | An upwelling of heat from beneath Earth's crust; often refered to as a Mantle Plume |
Volcano | arrow_right_alt | Magma at Earth's surface. |
Magma | arrow_right_alt | lava flows that have a rough rubbly surface composed of broken lava blocks called clinkers |
Aa | arrow_right_alt | lava that has a smooth, hummocky, or ropy surface |
Highlight where the "Ring of Fire" is on the planet.
What do you notice about the volcanos around the "Ring of Fire" in relation to the plate tectonics?
What is the name of the volcano that erupted in 1815, and also blocked some of the sunlight around the world thus lowering the temperature of the planet by 3 degrees Celsius, causing it to be known as the "Year without a summer"?
Explain the process a composite volcano goes through that creates its overall shape.
What makes a volcano explosive?
Lava gets its viscosity from its
Meaning the more mafic the lava is the
Match the type and properties that led to its formation, to the photo. (Some may be used more than once, or not at all.)
mafic lava
felsic lava
Cinder Cone
Low Explosive
Stratovolcano/Composite
Highly Explosive
low gas content
High Viscocity
Shield
high gas content
Low Viscocity
Yellowstone is likely to erupt in your lifetime.
What typically kills the most people when a volcano erupts?
Check off all of the gasses that typically come out of a volcanic eruption.
Most of the gas that comes from a volcanic eruption is
Mt. St. Helens was an explosive eruption because the magma under the mountain had access to .
What connects the concept 'Lava Viscosity' and 'Volcanic Explosiveness'?
On the gradient, write the words from the given word bank where they occur in alignment with destructiveness (explosivity).