WorksheetsTypes of Volcanoes
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 32mins
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Answer the questions below after watching the video
What are the two primary types of volcanoes?
Stratovolcanoes and Cinder Cones
Composite Volcanoes and Shield Volcanoes
Calderas and Lava Domes
Submarine Volcanoes and Subglacial Volcanoes
Where are composite volcanoes commonly found, and what is their typical shape?
Constructive plate margins, gentle slopes
Hotspots, flat plains
Destructive plate margins, conical shape
Mid-ocean ridges, shield-like shape
Which of the following materials are ejected from the crater of a composite volcano during an eruption?
Water vapor, sand, and pebbles
Lava, volcanic bombs, thick ash, and gas
Mud, rocks, and steam
Ice, snow, and liquid nitrogen
What characteristic is typical of shield volcanoes?
They have steep, conical sides and violent eruptions.
They are commonly found on destructive plate margins.
They have gentle sloping sides due to runny lava and erupt less violently.
They form alternating layers of ash and lava.
Label this image
Ash and gas
Crater of volcano
Flank of volcano
Label the parts of a volcano
Label the diagram
Volcanoes that have a record of eruption within the last 600 years or those that erupted 10,000 years ago based on analyses of their materials.
Shield Volcano
Cinder Volcano
Active Volcano
Inactive Volcano
Draw a model of a composite volcano.
Use the given source sheet to illustrate.
Draw a model of a shield volcano.
Use the given source sheet to illustrate.
The long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to Earth's surface is called the _____________.
Crater
Pipe
Vent
Magma Chamber
Once magma reaches the Earth's surface it is called.......
Silica
Lava
Rock
Molten
Magma leaves a volcano through a....
Sill
Vent
Chamber
Crater
What type of volcano is this?
Fissure
Shield
Dome
Stratovolcano/ Composite
What are the two main types of volcanoes, and where are they usually found?
Why do composite volcanoes have layers of ash and lava, and what is another name for them?
How are shield volcanoes different from composite volcanoes in shape and eruption style?
