Earth and Space Exploration Questions

Name: ______________________________Date: ____________ Period: ___
Volcano Worksheet 1.1 (Use your phone/ internet to look up answers)
I. Classifying Volcanoes
Use online resources to find the location and classification of the following volcanoes:
VOLCANO
LOCATION
COMPOSITE
SHIELD
CINDER CONE
Mt. Pinatubo
Mount Hood
Kilauea
Paricutin
Mount Cotopaxi
Mount Saint Helens
Mount Rainier
Mauna Loa
Mount Fuji
Mount Shasta
Mt. Etna
1. What kind of lavas build steep cones? __________________________
2. Where are cinder cones found? ________________________________________________________
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3. What is a lava dome? _________________________________________________________________
4. Where does the name “stratovolcano” come from? ________________________________________
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5. Where do shield volcanoes typically form? ________________________________________________
6. How is a caldera formed? ______________________________________________________________
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7. How do volcanoes grow? ______________________________________________________________
8. What do you call the rocks that form when flowing lava solidifies? __________________
simulation.
Volume + Viscosity + Volatiles = Volcano Type
9. Low
+ Low
+ Low
= _____________________________
10. Low
+ Low
+ Med.
= _____________________________
11. Med.
+ Med.
+ Med.
= _____________________________
12. High
+ Med.
+ Med.
= _____________________________
13. High
+ Low
+ Med.
= _____________________________
14. What do the Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone have in common? _____________________________
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15. (Hawaiian Islands) How many volcanoes have formed over this hot spot? _______________________
16. What is the name of the submarine volcano south of Hawaii? __________________
17.. Where do most of Kilauea’s eruptions occur? _________________________
18. (Yellowstone National Park) How many eruptions has Yellowstone experienced? ____________
19. What present-day state was originally over the hot spot? ________________________
20. When was the Huckleberry Ridge Eruption? ______________ What was the volume? _____________
21. What do scientists monitor for warning signs of an eruption? _________________________________
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