Homework Earth Science 5

 

Directions: Please answer the questions below using complete sentences.

 

1) Compare and contrast a shield and a composite volcano.

 

 

 

2) Give one example of a shield volcano and one example of a composite volcano.

 

 

 

3) What is the difference between magma and lava? Which one is hotter?

 

 

 

4) What is viscosity?

 

 

 

5) What will travel further: 1) a lava flow that is very viscous or 2) a lava flow that has low viscosity? Why?

 

 

 

 

6) What volcano did you research? Summarize what you learned by doing this project.

 

 

 

 

7) How are hot spots formed? What is a very famous hot spot found in the United States?

 

 

 

 

8) Why are composite volcanoes more explosive than shield volcanoes?

 

 

 

9) Describe what occurred in the Mt. St. Helens eruption in the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington.