AY Honors/Volcanoes/Requirements
Volcanoes
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Year Introduced:
1. What is volcanology and what do volcanologists do?
2. Describe the five types of volcanoes:
- a. Composite
- b. Cinder cone
- c. Shield
- d. Caldera
- e. Fissure
3. Be able to label the parts of a volcano on a worksheet or in a drawing of your own.
- a. Crater
- b. Summit
- c. Base
- d. Conduit
- e. Dike
- f. Throat
- g. Vent
- h. Magma Reservoir
4. Describe the different types of lava. Draw a picture of each kind.
- a. Pahoehoe Flows
- b. Aa Flows
- c. Block Lava
- d. Pillow Lava
5. Define the following terms:
- a. Pyroclastic materials
- i. Bomb
- ii. Block
- iii. Cinder
- iv. Pumice
- b. Pyroclastic flow
- c. Lahar
- d. Magma
- e. Plutons
- f. Hot spot
6. Explain how a volcano erupts.
7. Define the four levels of volcano activity:
- a. Active
- b. Intermittent
- c. Dormant
- d. Extinct
8. What is the Ring of Fire and where is it found?
9. Describe how the Hawaiian islands were/are still being formed.
10. Research the eruption of Mount St. Helens or some other volcano of your choice.
Write a 1-page report on what you found.
11. Find a verse in the Bible that talks about volcanoes. (Hint: use a modern version.)
12. Make your own 3D model of a volcano
