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Chapter 9 Answers for “Set”! Section 1: Volcanic Eruptions 1. What is a volcano? Volcanoes are areas of Earth’s surface through which magma and volcanic gases pass. 2. Explain what makes a volcano erupt. During an eruption, molten rock, or magma, is forced to the Earth’s surface. 3. What are the creative forces of volcanoes? they help form fertile farmland and create some of the largest mountains on Earth. 4. What is the most common type of eruption? Nonexplosive eruptions are the most common type of eruption. 5. Fill in the venn diagram comparing and contrasting explosive and non-explosive eruptions. Minimum two facts per section. Explosive Eruptions * rarer than nonexplosive *desructive *produces pyroclastic *clouds of hot debri, ash, gas * mils of tons; lava & rock Non-Explosive Eruptions *both are eruptions and release stuff from a volcano *both occur around the world * most common * relatively calm flows of lava * release huge amounts of lava *produces mostly lava 6. If the water content of magma is high, an explosive eruption is more likely. 7. Explain how water and magma create explosive eruptions. Because magma is underground, it is under intense pressure and water stays dissolved in the magma. If the magma quickly moves to the surface, the pressure suddenly decreases and the water and other compounds, such as carbon dioxide, become gases. As the gases expand rapidly, an explosion can result. 8. Magma that has a high silica content also causes explosive eruptions. 9. Explain how silica-rich magma creates explosive eruption. Silica-rich magma has a stiff consistency. It flows slowly and tends to harden in a volcano’s vents. As a result, it plugs the vent. As more magma pushes up from below, pressure increases. If enough pressure builds up, an explosive eruption takes place. 10. What is pyroclastic material? Pyroclastic material forms when magma is blasted into the air and hardens. 11. What is viscosity? How lava flows: milkshake has high viscosity and a glass of milk has low viscosity. Lava that has high viscosity is stiff. Lava that has low viscosity is more fluid. 12. Fill in the four types of lava and describe each one: Type of Lava Description Aa Pours out quickly and forms brittle crust. Crust is torn into jagged pieces as molten lava continues to flow underneath Pahoehoe Flows slowly. Glassy surface has rounded wrinkles. Pillow Forms from lava erupting underwater. Forms rounded lumps. Blocky Cool stiff lava that doesn’t travel far. Forms jumbled heaps of sharp edged chunks. 13. Label the volcano with the following terms: magma chamber, vent, lava flow, pipe Vent Lava Flow Pipe Magma Chamber 14. Fill in the chart about the different types of pyroclastic material Type of Pyroclastic Material Description of Material Size of Material Small Medium Volcanic blocks Largest pieces of pyroclastic material. Pieces of solid rock erupted from a volcano Large Volcanic bombs Largest blobs of magma that harden in the air. Large Lapilli Means “little stones”. Pebble like bits of magma that hardened before they hit the ground. Medium Volcanic Ash Formed when the gases in stiff magma expand rapidly and the walls of the gas bubbles explode into tiny glass like slivers. Makes up most of the pyroclastic material in an eruption. Small Large 15. Describe a pyroclastic flow. Pyroclastic flows are produced when enormous amounts of hot ash, dust, and gases are ejected from a volcano. This glowing cloud of pyroclastic material can race downhill at speeds of more than 200 km/h—faster than most hurricane-force winds! The temperature at the center of a pyroclastic flow can exceed 700°C. Section 2: Effects of Volcanic Eruptions 16. Fill in the chart below about different types of volcanoes! Type of Volcano What is it made of? Shield Built of layers of lava released form repeated non explosive eruptions. Made of Pyroclastic material usually produced from moderately explosive eruptions. Form from explosive eruptions of pyroclastic material followed by quieter flows of lava. Cinder Cone Composite Describe what is it shaped like and draw a simple picture. Gently sloping sides. Can be very large and very tall. Very Steep Slopes! Steeper towards the top - layering Provide an example. Hawaii’s Mauna Key. Mexican volcano, Paricutin. United States: Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, Mount Shasta, and Mount St. Helens. 17. Using the volcano identification document on Mrs. Poole’s Blog, identify the type of volcano in each figure: Figure 1: ____Shield_____________ Figure 4:_____Shield____________ Figure 2:_____Cinder Cone_______ Figure 5: _____Cinder cone________ Figure 3:_____Composite_________ Figure 6: _____Composite_________ Volcanic Landforms What are the 3 types of landforms produced by volcanic activity? 18. Crater 19. Caldera Type of What is it and Volcanic what does it Landform look like?? Crater Caldara Lava Plateau Provide an example. A funnel-shaped pit near the top of the central vent of a volcano. Kamchatka in Russia formed around the central vent of a volcano. A large, semicircular depression. Much of Yellowstone Park is made up of 3 large calderas that formed when volcanoes collapsed. A wide, flat landform that results from an eruption. The Columbia River Plateau formed from a massive outpouring of lava that began 17 years ago. 20. Lava Plateau Describe how it forms. During a less explosive eruption, lava flows and pyroclastic material can pile up around the vent creating a cone with a central crater. As the eruption stops, the lava that is left in the crater can drain back underground. A caldera forms when the magma chamber below a volcano partially empties and causes the ground above to sink. In other words: they form from the collapse of the roof overlying a magma chamber. A lava plateau results from repeated nonexplosive eruptions of lava that spread over a large area. Answer the random question If lava hardens in the crater, what happens during the next eruption? If the lava hardens in the crater, the next eruption may blast it away. This can cause craters to become larger and deeper. How are hot springs heated? Hot springs, such as Old Faithful, are heated by the thermal energy left over form those events. Provide an interesting fact. Answers will very Section 3: Causes of Volcanic Eruptions 21. Magma forms in the deep regions of the Earth’s crust and in the uppermost layers of the mantle where the temperature and pressure are very high 22. What is the upper mantle made of? Very hot, puttylike rock that flows slowly. 23. The rock is hot enough to melt but remains puttylike solid because of pressure 24. The most common cause of magma formation is a decrease in pressure 25. Where does magma often form? The boundary where separated tectonic plates Where pressure is decreased 26. What does the magma do because it is less dense? Rises toward the surface 27. Where do a large number of volcanoes occur? Directly on tectonic plate boundaries. 28. Where is the Ring of Fire located? Around the Pacific Plate 29. At plate boundaries plates either: collide, separate, or slide past each other 30. 80% of volcanoes form where plates collide , 15% of volcanoes occur where plates separate 31. Complete the chart below: Type of Boundary Divergent Convergent How plates move Away from each other Towards each other 32. What is happening at the mid-ocean ridges? Lava flows from undersea rift zones and produces volcanoes and mountain chains 33. What is formed at mid-ocean ridges? New crust 34. Most volcanic activity on Earth occurs at mid-ocean ridges 35. What happens when the oceanic plate collides with a continental plate? The oceanic plate slides under the continental plate. 36. Why does the oceanic crust go under the continental plate? The ocean crust is less dense. 37. Identify the type of boundary and describe what is happening in each picture in the chart below: Convergent Two oceanic plates collide, one plate goes under another creating volcanic arc islands Convergent Oceanic and continental plates collide, ocean plate subducts/goes under continental plate. Heats magma, it rises to form land volcanoes Divergent – Sea floor spreading Two ocean plates move away from each other creating new sea floor Hot Spot Tectonic plate moves over a mantle plume or crack in the earth’s crust forming a volcanic island