Module 05 Volcano Tour Via Google Earth Lab

Name ____________________________________________ Google Earth Volcano Tour Lab Background and Directions In this exercise, you will take a virtual tour around the world in Google Earth to look at different types of volcanoes. ● Download the Google Earth program to your computer. (Don’t use the browser- based Google Earth that only works in Google Chrome.) ● To launch Google Earth with plate boundaries overlain, download the Tectonic Plate Boundaries file located in the assignment. ● Download the second layer, this one of volcanoes titled GVP World Volcanoes File, located in the assignment. ● The volcanoes of the world should now appear if you zoom in far enough. ● Take a geographic journey around the world and report on the following types of volcanoes. ● You’re welcome to access information from other sources to complete the questions on this tour. Page 1 of 9

Name ____________________________________________ Part 1: Find Shield Volcanoes Find two shield volcanoes and fill in the following chart. Use Google Earth for this. Volcano #1 Volcano #2 Volcano Name Mauna Loa Medicine Lake Volcano Location (City, State, Country) Hawaii, USA Siskiyou County, California, USA Latitude & Longitude Lat.: 19.4721° N Lon: 155.5922° W Lat.: 41.6108° N Lon: 121.5535° W Summit elevation in meters 4168.7 m 2376 m Describe its appearance (steep sides, gentle sides?) A very wide, gently sloping volcano A very wide, gently sloping volcano Sketch it. Active, dormant, or extinct? Active Active Has it ever caused property damage and/or loss of life? If so, how bad? Yes. Its most recent eruption killed about 10,000 people and buried about 16 miles of state-owned land. No one has died due to an eruption, and no property damage has been caused. Location: hot spot, divergent boundary, or convergent subduction zone? Hot spot Convergent subduction zone What type of eruption? Gentle or explosive? Fluid lava flows or pyroclastic flows? Gentle with fluid lava flows Gentle with fluid lava flows Rock Type? Basaltic, Andesitic, Rhyolitic? Basaltic Basaltic Page 2 of 9

Name ____________________________________________ Part 2: Find Cinder Cone/Lava Dome Volcanoes Find two cinder cone volcanoes and fill in the following chart. Use Google Earth for this. Volcano #1 Volcano #2 Volcano Name Sunset Crater Mount Fox Location (City, State, Country) Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia Latitude & Longitude Lat.: 35.3642° N Lon: 111.5040° W Lat.: 18.8317° S Lon: 145.8011° E Summit elevation in meters 2450 m 120 m Describe its appearance (steep sides, gentle sides?) Steeply sided volcano with mild greenery Steeply sided volcano with mild greenery Sketch it. Active, dormant, or extinct? Extinct Dormant Has it ever caused property damage and/or loss of life? If so, how bad? There’s no evidence of people dying as a direct result of eruption, but it did burn and bury many Sinagura pit houses. No one has died due to an eruption, and no property damage has been caused. Location: hot spot, divergent boundary, or convergent subduction zone? Hotspot Hotspot What type of eruption? Gentle or explosive? Fluid lava flows or pyroclastic flows? Explosive with fluid lava flows Explosive with fluid lava flows Rock Type? Basaltic, Andesitic, Rhyolitic? Basaltic Basaltic Page 3 of 9