Geography Valcanoes

Question 1

Where is all the magma kept in a volcano?

Answer 1

Magma chamber

Question 2

Where does the magma shoot out in the volcano?

Answer 2

Crater

Question 3

What are 2good impacts of a volcano?

Answer 3

Tourism because it is good for the local economy e.g shops,food guides and fertile soil because it helps crops grow e.g fruit.

Question 4

What are 2 bad impacts of a volcano?

Answer 4

Loss of life e.g St Helen’s 1980 57 people lost their life and destruction of property e.g Hawaii 2023 people lost their home due to volcanic activity.

Question 5

What is volcano?

Answer 5

A volcano is a mountain formed by the eruption of magma on the earths surface though a vent e.g Mount Fuji Japan

Question 6

What is an active volcano?

Answer 6

An active volcano is a volcano that has erupted in recent times

Question 7

What is a dormant?

Answer 7

A val and that hasn’t erupted in over a hundred years but may erupt again

Question 8

What is an extinct volcano?

Answer 8

A volcano that has not erupted in histrorical time.

Question 9

Where does a volcano occur?

Answer 9

It occurs at a constructive or destructive plate boundary’s and hotspots

Question 10

Name 2 impacts of the St Helens volcano eruption?

Answer 10

57 people lost their lives due to the blast and hundreds of homes, structures and buildings demolished.

Question 11

Sample question- describe volcanic eruption

Answer 11

The most violent volcanoes happen at destructive plate boundaries and hot spots. When the pressure becomes to great, the volcano erupts through a pipe called a vent, ejecting hot lava, gasses, ash and rock fragments. These materials are known as puroclats. The top of a volcano can be blown off,the hole left is called a crater e.g. Mount St Helens 1980 eruption, Washington state,USA