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THIRD QUARTER- MODULE 1

Volcanoes
MELC

1
Describe the 2 Explain what
different types of happens when
volcanoes and
volcanoes erupt
volcanic eruptions
1 2

Volcano and its Types of Volcano


parts

3 4

Types of Volcanic Why do Volcanoes


Eruption erupt?
Mayon Volcano
in Albay

Taal Volcano
( Batangas
province )

Mount Pinatubo
in Zambales
01- Volcano and its Parts
WHAT IS VOLCANO?

Is an opening in the
Earth’s surface
where molten rocks,
smoke, gases and
ashes are erupted.
CRATER
MAIN VENT
PARASITIC CONE
SIDE VENT
MAGMA CHAMBER
CONDUIT
GAS AND
VOLCANIC ASH
MAIN PARTS OF VOLCANO
TYPES OF VOLCANO
FREQUENCY
OF ERUPTION

POTENTIALLY
INACTIVE/
ACTIVE ACTIVE /
EXTINCT
DORMANT
● RECORD OF ERUPTION
WITHIN LAST 600
YEARS
ACTIVE ● ERUPTED 10, 000
VOLCANO YEARS AGO BASED ON
THE ANALYSES OF
THEIR MATERIALS.
POTENTIALLY
ACTIVE
VOLCANO
INACTIVE
VOLCANO/
EXTINCT
CONE SHAPE
Composite Cinder cone Shield
● TALL, SYMMETRICAL AND WITH
STEEP SIDE
COMPOSITE/ ● ERUPTIONS: DANGEROUS AND

STRATO EXPLOSIVE, WITH MANY LAYERS


OF LAVA AND PYROCLASTIC
MATERIALS

● Erupt hot gases, ash, lava, and


pumice as well as stiff, slow
moving lava.
● MAGMA: STICKY/ VISCOUS
MOUNT FUJI IN JAPAN MOUNT MAYON IN ALBAY
● CIRCULAR OR OVAL CONES
WITH ALMOST VERTICAL
STEEP SLOPE.

● FORMED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF


TIME WITH SIZE AND SHAPE
LIKE A HILL.
CINDER ● THEY ARE BUILT FROM
ERUPTING LAVA THAT BREAKS
INTO SMALL PIECES AS IT
SHOOTS INTO THE AIR

● AS SMALL PIECES FALL BACK TO


THE GROUND, THEY COOL AND
FORM CINDERS AROUND THE
VENT
● NOT HIGH AND HAVE A VERY BROAD
SHAPE WITH ALMOST NO SLOPE .

● SHAPED LIKE A BOWL OR SHIELD

SHIELD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LONG


GENTLE SLOPE

● HUGE BECAUSE OF THE AMPLE


SUPPLY OF RUNNY MAGMA
RESULTING TO LAVA FLOW .

● EFFUSIVE ERUPTION
MAUNA LOA

MAUNA KEA
PINATUBO LAKE

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