Volcano Characteristics Diagram

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Composite and Shield Volcano Characteristic Summary

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Composite and Shield Volcanoes Table

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Success Criteria (15/12/11) Volcano Types

Success Criteria

• I can draw/label two types of volcanoes
• I can explain where it occurs
• I can store whatever i did today effectively 

Diagram/Definition of Volcanoes

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When a volcano erupts! Flow Chart

Can be found in Geo-Volcanoes

Volcano Starters

What do you already know about volcanoes?

• It erupts lava
• A single eruption can causes a lot of damage
• The smoke and ash that billows out of the volcano is highly poisonous
• Volcanic ash is very nutritious to plant life as the lava carries minerals from the ground
• It happens in the Pacific Ring Of Fire
• The lava is superheated and can cause a lot of damage
• In ancient times, volcanoes cause diamonds to erupt out from beneath the ground
• Inside the volcano, it’s called magma, when it erupts out it’s called lava
• Happens in constructive and destructive plate margins

What do I want to know?

• What are the stages of a formation of a volcano?
• Do volcanoes pose a threat to humans?
• Do volcanoes benefits humans?
• What gets erupted out of a volcano?
• Are there different types of volcanoes?
• Where are volcanoes located?
• How does it cause damage?

Success Criteria (8/12/11) What and Where are Volcanoes

Success Criteria (8/12/11)

I can explain what a volcano is
I can describe the global distribution
I can use a GIS system to locate recent eruption

Ocean Trench Case Study: Japanese Trench

See geography file-ocean trenches

Alpine Valley Diagram

See Geography Book

Definition of ocean trench

What is an ocean trench?
Narrow depression above the subduction zone at a destructive plate margin.

Brain Drain (FM and PT)

See in geography book

Revision Guide is located in Easynotecards

Success Criteria (5/12/11) Physical Features and Humans What's a ocean trench?

Success Criteria (5/12/11)

• I can link physical features and human activities
• I can locate and explain the formation of ocean trenches
• I can record what i did today effectively