Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep

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Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep
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• SOME STUDY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY
  THE MANAGEMENT

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What Type of Volcano?
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• Cinder Cone

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• What are cinder cones made of?

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• Loose bubbly light weight chunks of rocks
• Rubble

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• Why are cinder cones not steeper?

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• Cinder Cones have moderately sloping sides
  because loose rubble doesnt stack well.

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What Type of Volcano?
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• Shield

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• Why are shield volcanoes not steeper?

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• The lava shield volcanoes are made of is very
  thin and travels long distances before it hardens.

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What Type of Volcano?
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Composite
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• Why are composite volcanoes named composite?

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They are composed of many different types of
layers
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• What is the tallest type of mountain on Earth?

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• A shield Volcano named Mona Loa in the Hawaiian
  Islands.

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• Which type of volcano is most likely to blow up?

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• Composite

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• Why do Composite volcanoes tend to blow up?

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• They are very weak because many of their layers
  are nothing but ash or cinder. When too much
  pressure builds up, they blow their layers apart.

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• Which type of volcano makes a lot of noise and
  fireworks, but isnt too likely to explode?

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• Cinder Cone

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• What caused the Hawaiian Islands to form?

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• Hot spots

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• Why are there so many islands?

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• The Earths crust is moving, but the hot spot is
  not. Consequently, new volcanoes form over the
  hot spot after the old ones move away.

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• What type of volcano is found at Yellowstone?

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• A Supervolcano

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• Why did they have a hard time locating the
  Yellowstone Volcano?

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• It is so big that you have to be in space to see
  the whole caldera.

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• Where can we find some composite volcanoes in the
  USA?

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• Along the Pacific coast in Washington and Oregon.

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• What caused these coastal volcanoes to form?

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• The Cascade range was formed by a subduction zone
  where the oceanic plate is sliding under the
  continental plate.

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• What are island arc volcanoes caused by?

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• Island arc volcanoes are caused by the
  convergence of 2 oceanic plates

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• What does ISOSTASY refer to?

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• The balance of the weight of a mountain against
  the buoyancy of its base which is submerged in
  the Earths mantle

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• The Appalachian Mountains are what type of
  mountains?

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• Folded Mountains

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• Where are the Appalachian Mountains?

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• They run from Georgia to Maine parallel to the
  Atlantic Coast

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• What caused the Appalachian Mountains to form?

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• They formed by continental/continental
  convergence when North America crashed into
  Africa.

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• Why does Oceanic/Continental convergence usually
  only volcanoes while Continental/Continental
  convergence causes a few volcanoes AND folded
  mountains?

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• Because oceanic crust forms a continuous
  subduction zone and almost no collision while
  continental collisions only form a limited
  subduction zone, as they make a great big crash

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• What causes peaks and valleys in folded
  mountains?

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• The softer layers of uplifted rock wear away
  quicker than the harder layers

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• What is an uplifted mountain?

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• A mountain that was formed by being pushed upward
  by currents in the Earths mantle.

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• Where can you find uplifted mountains?

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• The closest ones are the Adirondacks in New York
  State.

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• Why are the Adirondack mountains not in long
  chains like the Appalachian mountains?

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• The Adirondacks were uplifted while the long
  folds of the Appalachians were caused by a
  collision of the whole coast of the continent.

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• What causes a fault block mountain?

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• Fault block mountains are caused by a continental
  plate that is trying to split apart. The mantle
  pushes it up and spreads it. As the 2 sides pull
  apart, huge blocks of rock drop along the fault
  lines, leaving mountains on one side of the fault.

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• Where in the US can we find fault block mountains?

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• The Grand Tetons in Wyoming

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