Volcanic Eruptions

Key Questions

• How are volcanic eruptions classified?

  there are 6 types of volcanic eruption.

  • Hawaiian
  • Strombolian
  • Vulcanian
  • Plinian
  • Lava Dome
  • Surtseyan

  there is a great website explaining it all in detail
  Types of Volcanic Eruptions which is actually pretty cool!

  hey_its_Sam01 · 2 · May 31 2015

• How do viscosity and gas content relate to temperature of the magma?
• What type of eruption was the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
• How are volcanic eruptions classified?
• What are the types of volcanic eruptions?
• How does a volcano eruption effect the earth systems?
• Why are volcanic eruptions dangerous?
• How can volcanic eruptions be predicted?
• How could volcanic eruptions generate tsunamis?
• How did erupting volcanoes contribute to the formation of oceans?
• How do geologists measure volcanic eruptions?
• How can volcanic eruptions change the surface of the earth?
• How do volcanic eruptions affect air pollution?
• How can volcanic eruptions lead to earthquakes?
• What is the difference between lava and magma?
• How does the heat flow and movement of material within Earth causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and creates mountains and ocean basins?
• Why do composite cone volcanoes have the most violent eruptions?
• Explain why a volcano is likely to explode more violently if it has been dormant for a long time?
• How does volcano formed ?
• What forms when magma cools and hardens?
• Imagine two magmas that are identical in all respects (or example, same chemistry, pressure, volume) except that one magma is hotter than the other. Which magma will have the higher viscosity?
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