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Virtual Volcano Lab

The document summarizes information about different types of volcanoes found on the Virtual Volcano Lab website. It discusses where most active volcanoes are located along tectonic plate boundaries, specifically the Ring of Fire. It also describes how volcanoes form within the layers of the Earth. The document then provides information about four main types of volcanoes - stratovolcanoes, cinder cone volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and compares their characteristics like composition, eruptive styles, and examples. It concludes with an interactive activity where the user can simulate volcanic eruptions by adjusting variables like gas content and viscosity to observe different eruption types.

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Virtual Volcano Lab

The document summarizes information about different types of volcanoes found on the Virtual Volcano Lab website. It discusses where most active volcanoes are located along tectonic plate boundaries, specifically the Ring of Fire. It also describes how volcanoes form within the layers of the Earth. The document then provides information about four main types of volcanoes - stratovolcanoes, cinder cone volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and compares their characteristics like composition, eruptive styles, and examples. It concludes with an interactive activity where the user can simulate volcanic eruptions by adjusting variables like gas content and viscosity to observe different eruption types.

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Virtual Volcano Lab

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

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 19 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: ___________________
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 Low


from Low
5. Two levels UP Low
from Low
6. Two levels Up High
from Low
7. High High

8.

9.

10.

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