Volcanoes
Investigating Volcanoes
Name/s: ______________________________________
Use the websites listed below (and others of your choice) to find complete the following
information. You may need to type ‘volcano’ into the sites’ search facilities or browse the sites to
find the information.
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Disaster Resilience Education for Schools – schools.aemi.edu.au
Earth Science Australia – www.earthsci.org
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) – www.usgs.gov
1. What’s missing from these facts? Write the correct word in the space
a) Volcanoes form when a break in the earth’s crust allows
and hot gas to reach
the surface. The magma and hot gasses are under extreme
, resulting in
dangerous eruptions.
b) There are
active volcanoes in the Australian Antarctic Territories of Heard
Island and McDonald Island. The bigger of these two volcanoes is called
(2750 m). The volcano on McDonald Island is an active volcano, having erupted for the
first time in 1992 and again in August 2005.
c) Some of the main risks during an eruption include:
_______flows
pyroclastic flows
_______ slides
lahars
blasts and explosions
land collapse
______ clouds
volcanic __________
tsunami.
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2. In your own words, describe three types of volcanoes and explain how they form.
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