Earth Science
USGS Principal Types of Volcanoes
Name: __________________________________________________________
For this assignment you will be learning about the different types of
volcanoes. You will go to the following website and answer the following
questions.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types.html
1. What are the four types of volcanoes?
2. What is the simplest type of volcano?
3. What is the shape of the crater of a Cinder cone?
4. Where are Cinder cones located?
5. Draw a diagram of a Cinder cone and label the parts
6. How do Cinder cones form?
7. What city was destroyed by the volcano Paricutin?
8. What type of eruptions occur with Cinder cones?
9. What type of volcanoes make up the grandest mountains on earth?
10. List 3 features of a Composite volcano.
11. What type of crater does a Composite volcano have?
12. How does lava escape from a Composite volcano?
13. What does magma rise to the earth through in a Composite volcano?
14. Draw and label the internal structure of a composite volcano.
15. List the four steps that occur when a composite volcano becomes
dormant.
16. What is a caldera? How big are they and how are they formed?
17. What is a shield volcano built of?
18. What shape does a shield volcano have? How did it get this shape?
19. What islands are composed of shield volcanoes?
20. Where is the largest shield volcano? How tall is it?
21. Draw and label the internal structure of a shield volcano.
Fill in the following chart comparing and contrasting the different types of
volcanoes.
Type of volcano
Locations
Type of eruption
Average size of
volcano