1. VOLCANO JEOPARDY Volcano Formation It’s Gonna Blow! Ashes to Ashes
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It’s Gonna Blow!
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Ashes to Ashes
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Types of Volcanoes
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Too Hot to Handle
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2. TOO HOT TO HANDLE 100 A PERSON WHO STUDIES VOLCANOES VOLCANOLOGIST
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3. DEPRESSION AT THE TOP OF A VOLCANIC CONE
TOO HOT TO HANDLE 200
A FUNNEL-SHAPED PIT OR
DEPRESSION AT THE TOP OF
A VOLCANIC CONE
CRATER
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4. TOO HOT TO HANDLE 300 A VOLCANO THAT’S BEEN KNOWN TO ERUPT WITHIN
MODERN TIMES BUT IS
NOW INACTIVE
DORMANT VOLCANO
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5. TOO HOT TO HANDLE 400 ONE IMPORTANCE IN KNOWING IF A VOLCANO
IS ACTIVE, DORMANT, OR
EXTINCT
TO SAVE LIVES AND
PROPERTY
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6. TOO HOT TO HANDLE 500 CALDERA A CRATER THAT’S BECOME
SO LARGE THAT ITS WALLS
HAVE COLLAPSED
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7. THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF VOLCANOES
THREE
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8. TYPES OF VOLCANOES 200 A VOLCANO BUILT OUT OF ALTERNATING LAYERS OF
ROCK PARTICLES AND
LAVA
COMPOSITE VOLCANO
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9. TYPES OF VOLCANOES 300 THIS VOLCANO HAS A NARROW BASE, STEEP
SIDES AND FORMS FROM
EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS
CINDER CONE VOLCANO
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10. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE AND A GENTLY, SLOPING, TYPES OF VOLCANOES 400
ERUPTION OF A SHIELD
VOLCANO
A GENTLY, SLOPING,
DOME-SHAPED MOUNTAIN
WITH RUNNY LAVA AND
QUIET ERUPTIONS
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11. TYPES OF VOLCANOES 500 A FAMOUS COMPOSITE VOLCANO NEAR NAPLES, ITALY
MOUNT VESUVIUS
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12. THE AIR DURING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
ASHES TO ASHES 100
THESE ARE BLOWN INTO
THE AIR DURING VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS
ROCK FRAGMENTS
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13. ASHES TO ASHES 200 THESE PARTICLES ARE AS TINY AS GRAINS OF FLOUR
(OR LESS THAN .25 mm IN
DIAMETER)
VOLCANIC DUST
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14. ASHES TO ASHES 300 VOLCANIC ASH ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF...
RICE GRAINS (MORE THAN
.25MM BUT LESS THAN 5)
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15. THESE PARTICLES ARE THE SIZE OF BOULDERS & HAVE MASSES OF SEVERAL
ASHES TO ASHES 400
THESE PARTICLES ARE THE
SIZE OF BOULDERS & HAVE
MASSES OF SEVERAL
METRIC TONS
VOLCANIC BOMBS
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16. ASHES TO ASHES 500 THESE MOLTEN VOLCANIC BOMBS HARDEN AS THEY
TRAVEL THROUGH THE AIR
AND ARE ABOUT THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS
CINDERS
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17. MANY GEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT VOLCANOES ARE _____________ INTO THE
IT’S GONNA BLOW! 100
MANY GEOLOGISTS BELIEVE
THAT VOLCANOES ARE
_____________ INTO THE
INTERIOR OF THE EARTH
WINDOWS
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18. IT’S GONNA BLOW! 200 NAME THE ELEMENTS FOUND IN DARK-COLORED LAVA
IRON AND MAGNESIUM
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19. COMPOSITION SIMILAR TO DARK AND LIGHT LAVA
IT’S GONNA BLOW! 300
THIS TYPE OF LAVA FORMS
THE IGNEOUS ROCK
ANDESITE
LAVA WITH A CHEMICAL
COMPOSITION SIMILAR TO
DARK AND LIGHT LAVA
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20. ____________ ERUPTIONS
IT’S GONNA BLOW! 400
LIGHT COLORED LAVA
TENDS TO RESULT IN
____________ ERUPTIONS
EXPLOSIVE
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21. CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS OF THESE TWO GASES
IT’S GONNA BLOW! 500
PUMICE AND SCORIA ARE
FORMED FROM LAVA THAT
CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS
OF THESE TWO GASES
STEAM AND CARBON
DIOXIDE
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22. VOLCANO FORMATION 300 A PLACE IN THE EARTH’S SURFACE THROUGH WHICH
MAGMA & OTHER
MATERIALS REACH THE
EARTH’S SURFACE
VOLCANO
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23. A CONE-SHAPED MOUNTAIN THAT IS THE RESULT OF AN ACCUMULATION OF
VOLCANO FORMATION 400
A CONE-SHAPED MOUNTAIN
THAT IS THE RESULT OF AN
ACCUMULATION OF
VOLCANIC MATERIAL
VOLCANO
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24. VOLCANO FORMATION 500 AN OPENING FROM WHICH LAVA ERUPTS VENT
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25. VOLCANO FORMATION 100 A HOT LIQUID THAT EXISTS DEEP WITHIN THE EARTH
MAGMA
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26. VOLCANO FORMATION 200 LAVA MAGMA THAT HAS REACHED THE EARTH’S SURFACE
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