Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes page 480

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What is the relationship between craters, calderas, vents, and
magma? The magma rises and comes out of the vents and when it
cools it creates craters and calderas
How does a crater lake form? (words and pictures) When deep
craters(calderas) cool and get filled with water
What two factors does a volcanos appearance depend upon? The
plates and lava
What characteristics vary among volcanoes? Their shape and
material makeup

Complete the following table in your notes:
Type of Volcano Materials &
Description
Sketch Example
Shield Broad sloped
sides and made
of basalt

Mauna Loa
Cinder-Cone Steep sides,
made of water
and silica

Izalco
Composite
(Stratovolcano)
Cinder cone
shaped, Large
amounts of
water, silica
and gases
Mount St
Helen

Types of Volcanoes Guided Notes page 480
Do not write on this copy. Transfer the questions into your notebook in Cornell style and use your book to find the answers.

How do the volcanoes compare in terms of size and slope? Shield
are the largest and have gently slopes while composite volcanoes
have the steepest slopes and are the smallest
What factors cause differences in size and slope? Makeup,
eruption history and vegetation that grows.
What is tephra? Rock fragments throw airborne during an
eruption
What is a pyroclastic flow? Volcanic material moving at rapid
speeds.
Where are most volcanoes found? Plate boundaries
Use the maps provided to show: (1) the Circum Pacific Belt and the
Mediterranean Belt where convergent volcanism occur and (2) the
Hawaiian Emperor Volcanic Chain.
How do hotspots form? When hot plumes in the Earths mantle
rise
What do hotspots tell us about tectonic plates? The chain of
volcanoes that form over the hot spots tell us the rate and
direction of plate movement