VOLCANO
What three kinds of volcanoes? Name all.
There are 3 types of volcanic landforms: Cindercone, Shield, and Composite
What type of energy comes from the heat from inside the earth?
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Which of the type of volcano formed by fluid lava flow?
shield
What is a volcano?
is a mountain where lava (hot, liquid rock) comes from a magma chamber under the ground.rhyolitic
What is a cinder cone volcano?
This type of volcanic landform is made up of small rock particles, or cinders. It is characterized by a small cone with steep sides.
What converts mechanical energy from the turbine into electrical energy?
GENERATOR
What is the property of the material’s resistance to flow?
viscocity
What are inactive volcanoes?
volcanoes that have not erupted in a recorded history, but could still erupt in the future
What is magma?
molten rock that is located beneath the Earth's surface
What is a shield volcano?
This type of volcano is made up of layers of lava rocks. it's not as steep as cinder cone volcano and is created slowly that's why it has gentle and broad sides.
What is the function of the condenser?
Cools and condenses steam back into water
What is a Plinian eruption?
Plinian eruptions are the most explosive and dangerous type of volcanic eruption. They are characterized by huge ash clouds that can reach heights of 50,000 feet and deadly pyroclastic flows.
What are calderas?
A caldera is what is left when a huge stratovolcano blows its top off.
Give 2 advantages of geothermal energy
it is renewable and sustainable
more environmentally friendly than fossil fuels
What affects the viscocity of magma?
the magma’s temperature, its chemical composition, the amount of dissolved gases it contains
A periodic weak to violent eruption characterized by fountain lava
Strombolian Volcano
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire and where is it located?
A zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that encircles the Pacific Ocean
Which type of volcano is the most destructive? Give one example of this type of volcano
Composite volcano
Give 2 disadvantages of a geothermal power plants?
cost
minor earthquakes
poisonous gases from underneath the surface of the earth
What type of magma cause the most violent and explosive eruption?
Rhyolitic, because it is the most viscous type of magma
What causes a volcano to erupt?
when magma, a hot, liquid rock, builds up pressure and forces its way through the Earth's crust