Volcanoes,
Reading Sheet
1. What lava
characteristics determine whether an eruption will be violent and explosive or
calm and effusive?
2. What are some
of the materials emitted from volcanoes and what are the different materials
effects on people? Give specific examples.
3. What is a
pyroclastic flow?
4. In what three
plate tectonic environments are volcanoes typically found? How do these
volcanoes differ?
5. How is our
countryÕs economic well-being related to volcanoes?
6. Consider
several different volcanic hazards. Describe each and state how far from the
volcano people and property might be affected.
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