Download Review for Chapter 9 – Volcanoes

Review for Chapter 9 – Volcanoes
*Vocabulary due ______________________________________________
1. What kind of eruptions come from …
a. Basaltic lava?
b. Andesedic Lava?
c. Rhyolitic lava?
2. How much silica is in…
a. Basaltic lava?
b. Andesedic Lava?
c. Rhyolitic lava?
3. Out of the 3 above, what has the coolest magma? What formed Shasta, Vesuvius (Italy), Pompei?
4. What forms at a hot spot?
5. What is lahar?
6. What is a lava plateau?
7. What is viscosity?
8. What is a harmonic tremor (from the movie)?
9. Where is Yellowstone located (from the movie)?
10. Are there active volcanoes in California?
11. Active volcanoes near convergent boundaries are expected to erupted how?
12. Where are places we can find magma?
13. What is Pahoehoe lava?
14. What is Aa lava?
15. What is pillow lava?
16. What is so special about Iceland and its plate tectonics?
17. How is magma different from lava?
18. Crater Lake is an example of what volcanic landform?
19. At a Subduction boundary, where does the volcano normally form?
20. Lava plateaus (very broad flat land forms) form from what type of lava?
21. In our solar system, where are there active volcanoes?
22. What type of eruption happened at mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines?
23. Mona Loa in Hawaii has what type of eruptions?
24. Where do chains of islands form?
25. Why does magma rise to the surface?
26. What makes up pyroclastic material?
27. The formation of magma depends on what conditions?
28. If the silica content increases, what happens to the lava?
29. What is the largest volcano in the world?
30. The volcano at Yellowstone last erupted when?
31. Know 2 facts about mount st. helens
32. Where is Olympus Mons?
*There will be 2 extra credit questions on the object of interest
*There will also be a couple of “Blast from the Past” questions on Plate Tectonics– Be ready.