Volcanoes - Due Sunday 10/25

Student objectives:

• I understand how volcanoes form at plate boundaries and hotspots.
• I understand how the 3 different types (cinder cone, shield, composite) of volcanoes are similar and different.
• I can identify the features (magma chamber, vent) of a volcano.
• I understand how the difference in magma creates different volcanic eruptions.
• I understand the classification of dormant, active, and extinct volcanoes.

Key Scientific Vocabulary:

Cinder Cone Volcano Magma

Shield Volcano Lava

Composite Volcano Explosive Eruption

Viscosity Nonexplosive Eruption

Create a claim teaching about the student objective and two pieces of evidence for each objective. Use text evidence to support your claim. You should have 2 pieces of evidence from different sources for your evidence.

Here are some websites your peers recommend you use:

• http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/can-volcanoes-form-just-anywhere-why-do-they-form-where-they-do
• http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/how-volcano-defined-being-active-dormant-or-extinct
• http://en.openei.org/wiki/Definition:Shield_Volcano
• www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfRwd1ML6yw
• http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types.html
• http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/eens1110/volcanoes.htm
• http://geology.com/nsta/convergent-plate-boundaries.shtml 

Here are some books your peers recommend you use:

• Earth's shifting surface by Robert Snedden