Chapter 6 Volcanoes
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Section 6.1- Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
1. What is the “recipe” for a Volcano
2. Ring of Fire
3. Where do most volcanoes occur?
4. What is an example of a diverging plate where volcanoes form?
5. What is an example of a converging plate where volcanoes form?
6. Island arc
7. What are 6 examples of island arcs?
8. Hot spot- define and give one example
Section 6.2- Volcanic Activity
9. Where does hot molten lava come from? (Give the layers it has to rise up through)
10. Why does magma flow upwards?
11. What analogy is used to describe how a volcano works in “A volcano erupts”?
12. Magma chamber
13. Pipe
14. Lava flow
15. Crater
16. What kind of lava makes Quiet Eruptions?
17. Pahoehoe
18. aa
19. What kind of lava makes Explosive Eruptions?
20. Active
21. Dormant
22. Extinct
23. Hot spring
24. Geyser
25. Geothermal energy
Section 6.3- Volcanic Landforms
26. Shield volcanoes
27. Cinder cone volcanoes
28. Composite volcanoes
29. Lava plateaus
30. Calderas
31. How would you describe the soil from lava and ash?
Bonus Questions for this test will be taken from Section 6.4: Volcanoes in the Solar System.