Volcano Jeopardy
Eruptions
Magma
Stuff that comes
out of a volcano
Types of
Volcanoes
Causes
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Eruptions-100
• QUESTION : What are the two types of
eruptions?
• ANSWER : Quiet and explosive
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Eruptions-200
• QUESTION: What comes from a quiet
volcano?
• ANSWER: Lava flow made of aa and
pahoehoe
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Eruptions-300
• QUESTION: Is this a picture of an
explosive or quiet volcano?
• ANSWER: quiet
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Eruptions -400
• QUESTION: Describe an explosive
eruption.
• ANSWER: magma builds up in the pipe
because it cannot flow, gas bubbles
release violently and as the gas releases it
carries the magma to the vents and
pyroclastic flow is the result .
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Eruptions-500
• QUESTION: Describe the differences
between explosive and quiet eruptions.
• ANSWER: explosive has material that
shoots into the air, quiet has lava flows.
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Magma-100
• QUESTION: What determines the type
of eruption that would occur?
• ANSWER: Gas content, temperature and
silica content in the magma
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Magma-200
• QUESTION: What is the molten mixture
of rock forming substances, gases and
water deep in the Earth’s mantle?
• ANSWER: Magma
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Magma-300
• QUESTION: What happens when there
are large amounts of silica in the magma?
• ANSWER: More likely to be explosive
the magma is thick and gooey.
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Magma-400
• QUESTION: What does runny lava
mean for a volcano?
• ANSWER: Gases can escape which
makes it less likely to be explosive.
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Magma-500
• QUESTION: Why does silica cause
explosive volcanoes?
• ANSWER: It can cause the magma to
clog the vents, increasing pressure.
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Stuff-100
• QUESTION: What comes from a quiet
volcano?
• ANSWER: Lava called pahoehoe and aa
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Stuff-200
• QUESTION: What forms when magma
forms in a volcano’s pipe and is later
exposed?
• ANSWER: volcanic neck
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Stuff-300
• QUESTION: Layers of thin runny lava
that flow over a wide area before they
cool and harden can build up a ___?
• ANSWER: lava plateau
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Stuff-400
• QUESTION: What comes out of an
explosive volcano?
• ANSWER: Pyroclastic material.
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Stuff-500
• QUESTION: Volcanoes on Io erupt
fountains of ______?
• ANSWER: sulfur
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Types-100
• QUESTION: What are the three types of
volcano?
• ANSWER: Shield, cinder cone and
composite
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Types-200
• QUESTION: Which type of volcano
forms from moderately explosive eruptions?
• ANSWER: Cinder cone.
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Types-300
• QUESTION: The largest mountain in
the solar system is this type of volcano.
• ANSWER: Shield volcano
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Types-400
• QUESTION: What type of eruption
produces a composite volcano?
• ANSWER: Both explosive and quiet.
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Types-500
• QUESTION: What is the difference
between craters and calderas?
• ANSWER: A crater is the top most vent
and is funnel-shaped. The caldera is
what occurs when the magma chamber
completely empties.
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Causes-100
• QUESTION: Where do many volcanoes
exist?
• ANSWER: Along plate boundaries like
the Ring of Fire.
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Causes-200
• QUESTION: How do you change rock
into magma?
• ANSWER: Increase temperature or
decrease pressure
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Causes-300
• QUESTION: What happens when tectonic
plates separate at the mid ocean ridge?
• ANSWER: The magma rises through the
opening or rift and causes sea floor
spreading.
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Causes-400
• QUESTION: Where does the oceanic
plate turn into magma underneath a
continental plate?
• ANSWER: At the subduction zone.
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Causes-500
• QUESTION: What causes Hawaii?
• ANSWER: Hot spots under the ocean.
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FINAL JEOPARDY
• QUESTION: What are two of the three
impacts of explosive eruptions and how
can we monitor them?
• ANSWER: Flows that bury towns, ash
interferes with car and jet engines, Use
seismographs, tiltmeters or
measurements of released gases.
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