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What is the relationship between craters, calderas, vents, and

magma? The relationship between craters, calderas, vents, and
magma because the vent connects to the crater which is the top of
the volcano and the larger depressions of the calderas can form at
the summit. The magma flows throughout.
How does a crater lake form? (words and pictures) Crater Lakes can
form when the summit or the side of a volcano collapses into the
magma chamber that once fueled the volcano.
What two factors does a volcanos appearance depend upon? The two
factors that can influence the appearance of a volcano depends on
the type of material that forms the volcano and the type of eruptions
that occur. What characteristics vary among volcanoes? Size, shape,
and composition vary between volcanoes.
Complete the following table in your notes:

Type of
Volcano
Shield

Materials &
Description
-broad, slightly
dome-shaped
-not steep
-mild eruptions of
large volumes of
basaltic lava

Sketch

Examples
Mauna Loa
Femandina Island

Cinder-Cone

-small size
-steep slope angle
-built from ejected
lava fragments

Paricutin
Wizard Island

Composite
(Stratovolca
no)

-symmetrical cone
-many located in
Pacific Ring of Fire
-composed of
interbedded lava
flows and layers on
pyroclastic debris

Mount Fuji
Mount Rainier

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How do the volcanoes compare in terms of size and slope? Volcanoes

compare in terms of sizes because they all have different sizes and
one volcano could be a steep slope and another could not be very
steep.
What factors cause differences in size and slope? There are many
factors that go into the size and slope of a volcano but the main
elements are the variety of eruption types, composition of the
volcano, the volume of the volcanic products, and the environment
that is around the volcano.
What is tephra? Tephra is the rock fragments and particles ejected by
a volcano.
What is a pyroclastic flow? Pyroclastic flow is a dense, destructive
mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively
from a volcano and typically flowing downward at great speed.
Where are most volcanoes found? Most volcanoes are found at
convergent and divergent boundaries.
Use the maps provided to show: (1) the Circum Pacific Belt and the
Mediterranean Belt where convergent volcanism occurs and (2) the
Hawaiian Emperor Volcanic Chain.
How do hotspots form? Hotspots form when heat rises in the mantle
as thermal plume from deep in the Earth (core). High heat and lower
pressure at a base of the lithosphere (tectonic plate) facilitates
melting of the rock.
What do hotspots tell us about tectonic plates? Hotspots are places
where tectonic, especially volcanic activity is especially strong,
often breaking through a plate even though it is not at the juncture
of two plates.

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