Avis Horowitz
Dropin
#2
SLM521
Spring 2006
Build Your own Volcano!!!
Grade 4
As a part of our look at natural disasters, we will learn about the different types of volcanoes. We will build our own volcanoes and watch them explode.
Click
on this link to the make your own
volcano website. You will have 5 minutes to explore the website before you
begin to answer the questions.
Word Bank
|
Tectonic
plates |
Ring
of Fire |
|
Mantle |
Magma
Chamber |
|
Crater |
Stratovolcano |
|
Cinder
Cone |
Shield |
Use the above word bank to fill in the blanks.
1.
Pompeii
was destroyed by a __________________.
2.
The
_____ ___ ________ is the worldÕs most active volcano zone.
3.
Like
a jigsaw puzzle, the EarthÕs crust is divided into sections. These sections are
called ___________ ___________.
4.
The
________ __________ is found deep under the EarthÕs surface.
5.
_________
_________ volcanoes are built from piles of ejected rock fragments.
6.
Tectonic
plates float on a superheated semi-fluid layer of rock called the__________.
7.
These
island building volcanoes are responsible for creating the Hawaiian Islands.
They are called ___________ volcanoes.
8.
This
depression in the EarthÕs surface is found at the top of a volcano. It is
called a __________.
Now, click on the Òvirtual volcanoÓ button. Use the information
found there to answer the following questions.
1. What is the name of the eruption that occurs when the gas and viscosity levels are high?
2. What is the name of the eruption that occurs when the gas and viscosity levels are low?
3. What happens when the gas level is low but the viscosity level is high?
4. What is your favorite
eruption?
