Checklist of Complete Requirements
Complete requirements
1. Vocabulary- Your team product must include vocabulary terms: find and develop a
simple definition for the following terms: (do not just copy them; put them in your own
words)
_____a. Ash
_____h. Hot spot
_____b. Active volcano
_____i. Lava
_____c. Caldera
_____j. Magma
_____d. Crater
_____k. Pyroclastic material
_____e. Dormant volcano
_____l. Ring of Fire
_____f. Eruption
_____m. Vent
_____g. Extinct volcano
_____n. Volcano
2. General Information- Your team product needs to include information about general
volcanoes. Use the following questions to help you prepare this section.
_____a. In general, how do volcanoes form?
_____b. Where do volcanoes form?
_____c. What are the main parts of a volcano? (You will need to include an
image)
_____d. What are the three main types of volcanoes?
_____e. How do these volcanoes form?
_____f. What causes a volcano to erupt?
_____g. What are the different types of eruptions?
_____h. What types of material can come out of a volcano?
_____i. What effects does an eruption have on the local and global environment?
3. Comparing- Your team’s product will be comparing different volcanoes. Complete the
following table and include it in your product:
Volcano name
Mt. Etna
Popocatepeti
Mt. St Helens
Stromboli
Country
Type of volcano
Year of last eruption
Kilauea
Merapi
Krakatau
Vilarrica
Mt. Vesuvius
Tambora
Pinatubo
Tungurahua
4. Details- Your team’s product will include details about a few volcanoes. Each
researcher will pick one of the volcanoes listed above and research the following
information about it. At least one page in your product must be dedicated to each of
the volcanoes.
_____a. What type of volcano is it?
_____b. How did this type of volcano or your specific volcano form?
_____c. Locate your volcano on a map.
_____d. When did your volcano last erupt?
_____e. What effect did it have on the local economy and environment?
_____f. When was the most destructive eruption?
_____g. Find an image to help explain any aspect of your volcano.
_____h. You must include references for where you found all your information or
images.
5. Past Eruptions- The last part of your team’s product will be about past volcanic
eruptions and their effect on life. Answer the questions below to help prepare this
section.
_____a. Why do some volcanoes erupt whereas others erupt quietly?
_____b. Many people in Pompeii died as a result of suffocation during the
eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. What might have caused their suffocation?
_____c. How is it possible that a volcanic island, such as Surtsey, is now home to
many different organisms? Explain.