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Your task:
1. Draw a blank box in
your book
2. Draw and label what

you think the outside
of a volcano looks like
3. Draw and label what

Challenge: What happens you think the inside of
when volcanoes erupt? What a volcano looks like
might be some of the
impacts?
Saturday, 05
Title: Volcanoes October 2024
Learning objectives:
• To identify the parts of a volcano
• To describe the structure of volcanoes
• To recognise the differences between
composite and shield volcanoes
What is a volcano?
A volcano is an opening or vent in the earth’s
surface where molten magma erupts and solidifies
as lava.
Vent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNGUdObDoLk
Volcanoes can be in 3
What is a volcano?
different states:
Active volcano – liable to

erupt- Mount Etna (Italy)
Dormant (sleeping) volcano – a

volcano which has not erupted for
many years- Mount Fuji (Japan)
Extinct volcano – a volcano

which has not erupted for many
thousands or millions of year-
Ben Nevis (Scotland)
Features of a volcano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgktM2luLok
Features of a volcano
Your task:
Using what you have
just learnt, have a
look at the
definitions for each
key feature of a
volcano.
Come up with your
own simple
definitions and write
them in the blank
column
Challenge: How do you think
volcanoes are formed over time?
Types of a volcano
These pictures
are both of
volcanoes! They
are formed in
different places
What is different
about them?
Come up with a list of
at least 5
differences.
Types of volcanoes
Composite
volcano
Shield
volcano
Composite cone volcano
Built up of layers
of lava and ash
Very explosive
Found at
destructive plate
boundaries
Viscous, slow
moving lava (like
treacle)
https://www.youtube.com/watc
Mount Etna (Italy) h?v=m_e7jUfvt-I
Shield volcano Built only from
layers of lava
Produce lots of
lava, but not very
explosive
Found at
constructive plate
boundaries
Runny, fast
moving lava (like
water)
Mauna Loa (Hawaii) https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=me-oCF03pyw
Types of volcanoes
Your task:
1. Cut out your two volcanoes and stick them into your
book with space around the edge
2. Match up the correct key terms below with the
correct volcano diagram
Composite (cone) violent eruptions runny lava

thick (viscous) lava gentle eruptions
many smaller vents found at destructive boundaries
Shield (smooth) one large vent
made of lava and ash made of just lava
found at constructive boundaries
Types of volcanoes
violent eruptions Composite (cone)
thick
(viscous) lava found at
destructive
boundaries
many smaller vents made of lava and ash

Types of volcanoes
gentle
runny lava eruptions
Shield
one large (smooth)
vent
found at
made of just constructive
lava boundaries
Spicy questions
5. Why do volcanoes erupt

in the first place?
4. Does the UK have any
volcanoes? Can you name
any?
3. What are the
differences between shield
and composite volcanoes?
2. What plate boundary do
shield volcanoes form on?
1. What are the 3 types of
plate boundary?
Plenary
Pick one emoji

which you
think best
links to this
lesson.
Draw it into
your book and
include a
sentence why.
Feature Actual definition My definition Feature Actual definition My definition
Molten rock flowing Molten rock flowing

Lava Flows out of the ground Lava Flows out of the ground
The cavity where The cavity where

magma traps hot magma traps hot
Magma Magma
gases, the pressure gases, the pressure
Chamber builds up and an Chamber builds up and an
eruption is released eruption is released
An opening in the An opening in the
earth’s surface, earth’s surface,
Main Vent where material is Main Vent where material is
forced out from forced out from
during an eruption during an eruption
A roughly circular A roughly circular
bowl- shaped bowl- shaped
Crater opening at the top of Crater opening at the top of
the volcano the volcano
Large fragments of Large fragments of

Volcanic Volcanic
rock thrown out by rock thrown out by
Bombs the eruption Bombs the eruption
Formed if the main Formed if the main

vent is blocked and vent is blocked and
Secondary Secondary
the magma is forced the magma is forced
Cone to the surface by Cone to the surface by
another route another route
Water mixed with ash Water mixed with ash

Lahar (mud flow), which Lahar (mud flow), which
travels very quickly travels very quickly

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2. Draw and label what

3. Draw and label what

Active volcano – liable to

Dormant (sleeping) volcano – a

Extinct volcano – a volcano

Composite (cone) violent eruptions runny lava

violent eruptions Composite (cone)

many smaller vents made of lava and ash

5. Why do volcanoes erupt

Pick one emoji

Molten rock flowing Molten rock flowing

The cavity where The cavity where

Large fragments of Large fragments of

Formed if the main Formed if the main

Water mixed with ash Water mixed with ash

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