Name:______________________________
Date:____________ Period:___
Webquest:Volcanoes
I.ClassifyingVolcanoes
Useonlineresourcestofindthelocationandclassificationofthefollowingvolcanoes:
VOLCANO
LOCATION
COMPOSITE
SHIELD
CINDERCONE
Mt.Pinatubo
MountHood
Kilauea
Paricutin
MountCotopaxi
MountSaintHelens
MountRainier
MaunaLoa
MountFuji
MountShasta
Mt.Etna
II.TheDynamicEarthInteractiveSite
Goto:http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html
àClickonMultimediaVersion.
àClickonPlateTectonicsandVolcanoes.
àClickonVolcanoesandHotSpots.
àClickon“Volcano&HotSpots”(inyellownearthetopofthepage),thenclickthecirclelabelled
“VolcanoProfiles”
1.Whatkindoflavasbuildsteepcones?__________________________
2.Wherearecinderconesfound?________________________________________________________
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3.Whatisalavadome?_________________________________________________________________
4.Wheredoesthename“stratovolcano”comefrom?________________________________________
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5.Wheredoshieldvolcanoestypicallyform?________________________________________________
6.Howisacalderaformed?______________________________________________________________
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7.WhydoscientistswonderiffloodbasaltoutpouringschangedthehistoryoflifeonEarth?_________
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àClickon“InsideanActiveVolcano”
8.Howdovolcanoesgrow?______________________________________________________________
9.Whatistephra?_____________________________________________________________________
10.Whatisaconduit?__________________________________________________________________
11.Whatdoyoucalltherocksthatformwhenflowinglavasolidifies?__________________
àClickon“BuildaVolcano”
Recordthetypeofvolcanoresultingfromthegivencombinations.Click“BuildIt”aftereachtoseea
simulation.
Volume+Viscosity+Volatiles=VolcanoType
12.Low+Low+Low=_____________________________
13.Low+Low+Med.=_____________________________
14.Med.+Med.+Med.=_____________________________
15.High+Med.+Med.=_____________________________
16.High+Low+Med.=_____________________________
àClickon“AboveHotSpots”
17.WhatdotheHawaiianIslandsandYellowstonehaveincommon?_____________________________
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18.(HawaiianIslands)Howmanyvolcanoeshaveformedoverthishotspot?_______________________
19.WhatisthenameofthesubmarinevolcanosouthofHawaii?__________________
20.WheredomostofKilauea’seruptionsoccur?_________________________
21.Howdopahoehoelavaandaalavadiffer?________________________________________________
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22.WhenwillLoihiformanislandandmergewithHawaii?____________________________________
23.(YellowstoneNationalPark)HowmanyeruptionshasYellowstoneexperienced?____________
24.Whatpresent-daystatewasoriginallyoverthehotspot?________________________
25.WhenwastheHuckleberryRidgeEruption?______________Whatwasthevolume?_____________
26.Whatdoscientistsmonitorforwarningsignsofaneruption?_________________________________
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àClickon“TrackingVolcanoes”
27.Aroundtheperimeterofwhichplatearemanyvolcanoeslocated?________________________
28.WhatisthepurposeoftheGlobalVolcanismProgram?______________________________________
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àClickontheredlinkto“VisittheGlobalVolcanismProgram’sWebsite”.
( http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/)
àClickon“WeeklyReport”inblueontheleftsideofthepage.
Document4ofthereportedvolcanicactivitiesfortheweek:
1.Volcano:____________________________
Location:_____________________________
Activityreported:____________________________________________________________________
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VolcanoType:__________________________________
2.Volcano:____________________________
Location:_____________________________
Activityreported:____________________________________________________________________
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VolcanoType:__________________________________
3.Volcano:____________________________
Location:_____________________________
Activityreported:____________________________________________________________________
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VolcanoType:__________________________________
4.Volcano:____________________________
Location:_____________________________
Activityreported:____________________________________________________________________
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VolcanoType:__________________________________