Types of Volcanoes
Rock Cycle
MYSTERY ROUND
Vocab
Picture Round
100
Mt. Saint Helens is this kind of volcano
What is a composite volcano or stratovolcano?
100
This type of rock is formed when magma or lava cools and crystallizes.
What are igneous rocks?
100
This is the name of the new volcano where Krakatau used to be.
What is Anak Krakatau?
100
These substances that are in rocks are made of only one type of compound.
What are minerals?
100
The name of this volcano
What is Mt. Saint Helens?
200
These volcanoes are associated with Hawaii
What are shield volcanoes?
200
When rocks are exposed to heat and pressure, they become this kind of rock.
What is a metamorphic rock?
200
A term used to describe magma that is runny and thin.
What is low viscosity?
200
This is the part of the volcano where magma is stored.
What is the magma chamber?
200
The name of this rock, that is formed when lava meets water.
What is obsidian?
300
These volcanoes typically only reach 1000 feet, but can erupt frequently!
What are cinder cones?
300
This process creates sedimentary rocks (make sure to have BOTH words!)
What is compaction and cementation?
300
This is one of the Native names of Mt. Saint Helens
What is Loowit?
300
This is the name of the area in the mantle that created the Hawaiian islands.
What is a hot spot?
300
The Grand Canyon was formed through this process, when water and wind break down rock.
What is weathering and erosion?
400
These kinds of volcanoes usually have tall, steep sides and explosive eruptions.
What are composite volcanoes (or stratovolcanoes)?
400
Sand, mineral crystals, and small pieces of rock are all examples of this.
What is sediment?
400
This is year that Krakatau erupted and the island sank
What is 1883?
400
The process in the asthenosphere that drives the rock cycle is called this.
What is convection?
400
The name of these features that form after a large eruption.
What are calderas?
500
These TWO factors determine how explosive an eruption is (Entry #11 Volcanoes Notes)
What are trapped gas and viscosity?
500
The heat and pressure needed to make metamorphic rocks happens at these kind of plate boundaries
What are convergent?
500
This mineral is extremely common in rocks and is used to make countertops!
What is quartz?
500
This is the region of Earth where most active volcanoes are found.
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
This term describes the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption (Need full term, not abbreviation)
What is volcanic explosivity index?