Volcanoes

This is a short research assignment designed for fifth grade students to find information about volcanoes. The websites are already bookmarked. The students must read the information or watch the videos in order to answer the basic questions about this natural phenomenon. Volcano Data Collection Sheet My Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________________ Directions: Click on the website shown, search for the answers to the questions that follow, and write them neatly on the blanks of your printed copy. Scholastic Volcano Facts 1. What is the hot, molten rock called that comes out of a volcano? ______________________________ 2. A _____________________ is a small hole inside the crater of a volcano that releases gases. 3. There are ________ active volcanoes around the world above water and _____________ under water. 4. The lower 48 states have about _________ volcanoes while Alaska alone has about _________. United States Geological Survey 5. List 3 ways volcanoes are helpful to people: a. ____________________________________________________________________ b. ____________________________________________________________________ c.____________________________________________________________________ Volcano Types 6. List 3 types of volcanoes: a. _______________________________________  b. _______________________________________ c. _______________________________________ 7. Which type of volcano is Mount St. Helens in Washington? ____________________ Volcano Forecasting 8. List one of the ways scientists can monitor volcanic activity and help warn people if trouble is coming: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­

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Coexisting with volcanoes. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/archive/2002/02_12_05.html

General Facts About Volcanoes | Scholastic.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/general-facts-about-volcanoes

Annenberg Media -- Volcanoes - Forecasting. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/forecast.html

36.0: Types of Volcanoes. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ck12.org/user:YWxpbGhvbHRAZ3JlZW53b29kc2NoYXJ0ZXIub3Jn/book/5th-Grade-Science-Town-2013-14/r2/section/36.0/