Name
Name
Date
Date
Class
Class
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Understanding Main Ideas
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Understanding Main Ideas
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. How do volcanoes change Earth’s surface?
1. How do volcanoes change Earth’s surface?
2. Why do so many of Earth’s volcanoes occur along plate boundaries?
2. Why do so many of Earth’s volcanoes occur along plate boundaries?
3. Explain how the hot spot shown in the diagram below created the Hawaiian Islands.
Draw an arrow on the diagram to show the motion of the plate and help explain the
process.
3. Explain how the hot spot shown in the diagram below created the Hawaiian Islands.
Draw an arrow on the diagram to show the motion of the plate and help explain the
process.
Building Vocabulary
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
4. What is the difference between magma and lava?
5. Define each of these terms in your own words.
a. volcano
b. Ring of Fire
c. island arc
d. hot spot
Building Vocabulary
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
4. What is the difference between magma and lava?
5. Define each of these terms in your own words.
a. volcano
b. Ring of Fire
c. island arc
d. hot spot
Name
Date
Class
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Study the table below. Then use a world map to find the location of each volcano listed.
Compare the locations with the map of Earth’s plates in your textbook. Then answer the
questions that follow the table in the spaces provided.
Name
Date
Class
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Study the table below. Then use a world map to find the location of each volcano listed.
Compare the locations with the map of Earth’s plates in your textbook. Then answer the
questions that follow the table in the spaces provided.
Volcanoes and Plates
Volcanoes and Plates
Active Volcanoes
Active Volcanoes
Volcano
Location
Volcano
Location
Volcano
Location
Volcano
Location
Arenal
Costa Rica
Mount Ranier
Washington, USA
Arenal
Costa Rica
Mount Ranier
Washington, USA
El Chichón
Mexico
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Congo
El Chichón
Mexico
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Congo
El Misti
Peru
Pinatubo
Philippines
El Misti
Peru
Pinatubo
Philippines
Erte Alè
Ethiopia
Rabaul
Papua New Guinea
Erte Alè
Ethiopia
Rabaul
Papua New Guinea
Falcon
Tonga Islands
Ruapehu
New Zealand
Falcon
Tonga Islands
Ruapehu
New Zealand
Hekla
Iceland
Tambora
Indonesia
Hekla
Iceland
Tambora
Indonesia
Katmai
Alaska, USA
Unzen
Japan
Katmai
Alaska, USA
Unzen
Japan
Mauna Loa
Hawaii, USA
Villarrica
Chile
Mauna Loa
Hawaii, USA
Villarrica
Chile
1. Which volcanoes are located along converging plate boundaries?
1. Which volcanoes are located along converging plate boundaries?
2. Which volcanoes are located along diverging plate boundaries?
2. Which volcanoes are located along diverging plate boundaries?
3. Which volcanoes are located at hot spots?
3. Which volcanoes are located at hot spots?
4. Which volcano is in the middle of a continent?
4. Which volcano is in the middle of a continent?