Virtual Volcano Lab



Virtual Volcano Lab Name_______________period___

Log onto the Discovery Channel’s Virtual Volcano site ()

Global Perspectives (see the Menu on the left side)

--Using the topic menu in the lower right corner, read about:

1) Tectonic Plates: Where are most of the active volcanoes found? ________________

2) the Ring of Fire: Where is the Ring of Fire located? _________________________

3) the Layers Within: How do volcanoes form? _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________

Volcano Types (yup…back to the Menu on the left side) For each of the volcano types answer the following questions…

1) Stratovolcano:

a. How are they made? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

b. Look like--___________________________________________________

c. This volcano in Italy was responsible for destroying Pompeii in 79 AD--_______

d. A well-known stratovolcano in the US—_______________________________

2) Cinder Cone Volcano:

a. How are they made?____________________________________________

b. Look like—____________________________________________________

c. 2 famous cinder cone volcanoes & where they are located:

i. _______________________________________________________

ii. _______________________________________________________

3) Shield Volcano:

a. How are they made?_____________________________________________

b. Look like—____________________________________________________

c. A famous shield volcano & where it’s located: __________________________

4) Which type of volcano is the following?

a. Most violent eruptions: ___________

b. Island builders: _____________

c. Smallest: ___________________

Inside a Volcano (Left side. Menu…)In the space below draw what a volcano looks like on the inside and label its parts.

Build Your Own Volcano…(Of course, don’t forget to watch it erupt—way cool!)

--But first…

1) Gas Content

a. List 2 factors that can affect the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption.

i. ________________________ ii. __________________________

b. Magma’s gas content usually depends on ____________________________ __________________________________________________________

2) Viscosity

a. What is it? __________________________________________________

b. Thick magmas tend to have ______________________ levels, and runny lavas have _____________levels.

3) After playing with the settings on your own a bit, build the volcanoes with the settings below and record the results you create! (don’t forget to click “set conditions” before erupting). #8-10 are YOUR CHOICE…make a new combo.

| | |Gas Content | |Type of Eruption | |

| |Viscosity | |Volcano type | |Other comments |

|1. |Low |Low | | | |

|2. |High |Low | | | |

|3. |Low |High | | | |

|4. |One level UP from Low |Low | | | |

|5. |Two levels UP from Low |Low | | | |

|6. |Two levels Up from Low |High | | | |

|7. |High |High | | | |

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