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Earth Science

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Volcanoes

Volcano Brochure Project

25pts

Try to show the connection between plate boundaries and

volcanoes.

New Land being born!

Many islands form by volcanic activity at the bottom of the ocean. Surtsey off the coast of Iceland was formed at a divergent plate boundary. Use the case studies website to get your examples of types of volcanoes.

WoodardEarth Science

Use the links from the blog to complete this assignment.

Stratovolcano

What you have to do…

You should create a brochure using Word that describes each type of volcano and what you have learned this week about volcanic activity.

Pick a brochure template and fill in information about each of the three types of volcanoes.

Each section should include

ImageDescription of how it formedDescription of shapeThe type of eruption it will haveThe type of plate boundary it is onThe type of magma it has3 examples

When you finish our brochure you can email it to bwoodard@plymouth.k12.ma .

You could also include descriptions of some of the most dangerous aspects of a volcanic eruption such as pyroclastic flows, lahars, ash clouds, etc.

Make sure to include some information about viscosity of

magma and how it determines the type of eruption.

Convergent boundary

Divergent boundary

Viscosity

Gas content

Silica content

Cinder Cone

Shield Volcano

Lava flow

Lava tube

Hot spot

Important Volcanic Terms

You should also address how scientists try to predict

volcanic eruptions.

Hurray Volcanoes!