Landscapes and Landforms

Volcanos
Cornell Notes:
Rule Up Your
Books
 Heading: Class Plan:
Volcanoes Welcome:

- Rule up our Books

Remember:
Learning Intention: - Landscapes and Landforms: Matching
Game

Learn:

To understand how volcanoes - Watch Video about Volcanoes

- Learn about volcanoes
are formed and how they
Do:
shape surrounding landscapes
- Case Study Pages 30+31

Reflect:

- What is one thing you know now that

Score Yourself out of 5 you didn't know before
Activity: Mind Map - 5 How many types of
1. Turn to a clear page in your book volcanoes exist

2. With your table buddy, create a mind map.

3. Brainstorm everything you know already What is the impact of
about volcanoes. a volcano?

How are they formed?

Volcanoes
What do you already
know?

What does a volcano

look like?
Can you name any
volcanoes?

Where are volcanoes Why are volcanoes

located? necessary?
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Watch the Video
 How are they
formed?

Volcanoes are formed

when magma from
beneath Earth’s surface
pushes through Earth’s
crust along tectonic
boundaries or hotspot.
 How many types of volcanoes are there?
Stratovolcanoes- Tall
Steep Mountains
Shield Volcanoes-
Flatter and Dome Shaped Stratovolcano
Shield Volcano
Calderas Volcanoes-
Large depressions in
the ground
Mid Ocean Ridges-
Calderas Volcano
Underwater Volcanoes
Mid Ocean Ridge
 How are volcanoes classified?
Volcanoes are classified as:
● Active: Erupting or Likely to Erupt
● Dormant: Inactive but may erupt in the future
● Extinct: Unlikely to erupt again.

Kīlauea In Hawaii Mt Kilimanjaro in Mt Buninyong in

is Active and Tanzania, Africa, Victoria, Australia,
currently erupting is dormant is Extinct
 Where are Volcanoes Located?
● Volcanoes form
where tectonic
plates meet
● “Ring of Fire”-
where many
tectonic plates
meet- contain 75%
of the planets
volcanoes.

Tectonic Plates: The earth's crust is made up of HUGH

tectonic plate- like a puzzle. These plates are always
moving and sometimes collide making mountains and volcanoes.
 What happens when volcanoes erupt?
Volcanic eruptions can completely destroy the surrounding area.

There are two types of volcano eruptions:

1. Effusive Eruption = When magma flows out as lava.

2. Explosive Eruption = When magma full of gas reaches the
surface OR when magma reacts with water to create a steam
blast.

Volcanic bombs= Sometimes powerful eruptions can launch large

rocks into the air

Pyroclastic Flow = avalanche of hot gas and rock

 Why are they important?
● Volcanoes are destructive but they are also vital to the earth
and the environment.
● Ash from volcanoes provides nutrients to soil
● Lava when it cools hardens into rock and makes new
landforms.
What is the impact of volcanoes on people?

Read Page: 30
MUST DO: What Impact did the
Kilauea Eruption have on the people
and their property?

SHOULD DO: Questions 1+2 on Page 31

COULD DO: Questions 3-6 on Page 31

 Reflection
Score yourself out of 5- how well do you understand the
learning intention

In the reflection box answer the following question:

What is one thing you know now about

volcanoes that you didn't know before?