Volcanoes

What type of volcano is this?

• Shield

• Composite

What type of volcano is this?

• Shield

• Composite

What type of volcano is created at a destructive boundary?

• Shield

• Composite

What type of volcano is created at a constructive boundary?

• Shield

• Composite

Label the features of a volcano

c

d

e

b

a

Main vent

Secondary vent

Layers of lava and ash

Magma chamber

Crater

Which type of volcano has the most violent eruptions?

• Shield

• Composite

Match the following volcanic hazard to its description.

• Large ash cloud flowing down the volcano

• Pyroclastic flow

• Large hot rocks ejected from the volcano

• Tephra

• Lava flowing down the volcano

• Lahar

• Cooled ash that turns into glass

• Volcanic bombs

• When water mixes with mud and ash

• Lava flow

Which statement best describes a shield volcano?

• a gentle sloping volcano with very runny lava

• a gentle sloping volcano with slow moving lava

• a steep sided volcano with very runny lava

• a steep sided volcano with very slow moving lava

Which statement best describes a composite volcano?

• a gentle sloping volcano with very runny lava

• a gentle sloping volcano with slow moving lava

• a steep sided volcano with very runny lava

• a steep sided volcano with very slow moving lava

Volcanoes can be found at which plate boundaries? Select all that apply.

• Constructive

• Destructive

• Conservative