Teacher: Mrs.

Myra Tiangson
Room: STR - 9

SCIENCE 9
QUARTER 3: Module 1
Reymark R. Bumatay
Grade 9 - Silver

Types of Volcanoes and Volcanic Eruption

What I Know (Pre-Test)

1. C

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. A

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. B

10. A
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Room: STR - 9

What’s In?
Activity 1. Volcano Crossword (20 minutes)

Complete this activity. Use the word bank below.

pyroclastic magma tephra volcano cone lava vent

summit slope base crater caldera gases chamber

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2 3
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B S
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L V
C S
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O L C A N O U
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P N M
7 8
E N E M
V T
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10 11 12
Y R O L A S T I C
M P C
O H H G
13
A L D E R A A M
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R T A M A
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A S E S B
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What’s New
Activity 2. Introduction to Volcanoes (20 minutes)

Objective:
Define a volcano and a volcanic eruption.

Direction: Read the information about volcanoes. Use the word bank to fill in the paragraphs below.

volcano underwater mountain volcanic crust viscosity

eruption

A (1) volcano is an opening in the

Earth’s (2) crust through which lava,
ash, and gases escape onto the surface.
When these materials ooze out of the
opening, thus, a (3) volcanic eruption
happens. It begins deep inside the Earth
where the heat is so high and is able to melt
the rock underground. Earthquakes may
occur during this time. Molten rock called
magma which also contains dissolved
gases, silica, and other materials rise through
the cracks in the Earth’s crust. Lava is the term
used when magma from the chamber reaches
the Earth’s surface. The property of the magma or lava’s resistance to flow is called (4) viscosity. Lava with
less silica content has low viscosity and flows freely allowing gas bubbles to escape readily. Lava with
more silica content is more viscous (high resistance to flow) thus trapped gases cannot escape easily.
Most of the Earth’s volcanoes are found (5) underwater. When a volcano originates deep in the
ocean, the lava drops back into the ocean floor slowly building up a (6) mountain. After many years,
the mountains in the oceans reaches the earth’s surface
and becomes an island.

Questions:
1. What is a volcano? A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows lava, ash, and
gases to escape to the surface.
2. What is a volcanic eruption? When molten material flows out of the opening of a volcano, it is
called a volcanic eruption.
3. What materials oozes out when a volcano erupts? Lava, ash, gases, silica and other
materials are used.
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What’s New
Activity 3. They Affect Me A Lot!!!! (10 minutes)

Objective:
Identify the factors that affect the viscosity of magma.

Directions: Examine the illustrations below. Infer the factor that affects the viscosity of magma as
shown. Refer to the given choices inside the parenthesis. Write your answer on the blank. (high
temperature, low gas content, high silica content)

High silica content 1.

High temperature 2.

Low gas content 3.

4. What are the factors affecting the viscosity of magma? temperature, gas content, silica content
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What’s New
Activity 4. Oh! What Volcano Am I? (30 minutes)

Objective:
Describe the different types of volcanoes according to the shape of their cone.

Directions: Underline the type of volcano on the first column. Then fill in the statements by using the
word bank below.

broad, warrior’s shield steep, wide almost, uniform

Shape of volcanic cone Statements

1. (shield, composite, cinder) It has steep slope and wide crater.

Cinder

2. (shield, composite, cinder) It has almost, uniform sides.

Composite

3. (shield, composite, cinder) It is slightly broad - structured cone

and looks like a warrior’s shield.
Shield

Question:

Which volcano do you think?

a) is composed of alternating solidification of lava and pyroclastic deposits? Composite.
b) is formed from alternating ejected lava fragments and volcanic ash with wide crater? Cinder.
c) is formed from non-viscous oozing lava? Shield.
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What’s More
Activity 5. Types of Volcanic Eruptions:(30 minutes)

Objective: Describe the types of volcanic eruptions.

Direction: Fill in the table below. Some example answers are given.

Pictures of Volcanic Eruption Type of Volcanic Brief Description

Eruption
1. Strombolian 2. - the least violent type of explosive eruption
characterized by a fountain of lava fragments.
Eruptions are weak to a little more violent
which has thicker lava flows and small
explosions.

Plinian 3. - excessively explosive type of eruption of

gas and pyroclastic like that of Mount Pinatubo
eruption in 1991. The explosive eruptions,
lasting for seconds to minutes have 20 to 35
km tall gas, rock particles and ash columns.

4. Phreatomagmatic -a violent eruption due to the contact between

water and new magma.

Phreatic 5. – is a steam-blast small eruption as hot rocks

heat the ground water or surface water. This
eruption tears down surrounding rocks and
can produce ash columns, but do not include
new magma.

6. Vulcanian - characterized by tall eruption columns that

reach up to 20 km high with pyroclastic flow
and ashfall tephra

Question:
What is the difference between strombolian from a Plinian eruption? Strombolian is the least violent type of
explosive eruption of lava fragments while Plinian is excessively explosive type of eruption of gas and
pyroclastic.
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Room: STR - 9

What I Have Learned

Activity 6. Volcanoes: FACT or BLUFF? (10 minutes)

Now that you have a deeper understanding of volcanoes, it’s time to verify the statements below if it
is a fact or a bluff. In the RESPONSE COLUMN, encircle the happy face ( ) in the box if the
statement is a fact and a sad face ( ) if the statement is a bluff.

STATEMENTS RESPONSE
1. All volcanoes are cone-shaped.

2. Volcanoes are found only on land.

3. A volcano has an opening at the top (or in some case, on the sides) through which lava, ash, and
gases escape onto the surface.

4. Hot thick cloud of gas, molten rocks and ash come out of a volcano’s opening.

5. All volcanoes erupt violently.

6. A volcano is not dangerous if it does not produce lava.

7. Volcanoes are described according to their shape and type of eruption.

8. A volcanic eruption happens when there is an earthquake beneath the earth’s crust.

9. The pressure of dissolved gas building up in the magma causes a volcanic eruption.

10. Volcanoes only erupt straight up through the top vent and not on the sides.
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What I Have Learned

Activity 7. Concept Mapping (30 minutes)

Accomplish the concept map by using the word bank to fill in the blank boxes.

magma composition vulcanian shield temperature of magma strombolian

molten rock, ash, and gases escape onto the Earth’s surface amount of gases in magma Plinian
phreatomagmatic composite cinder cone phreatic both land and underwater

molten rock, ash, and gases

escape onto the Earth’s surface

both land and underwater

shield

cinder cone

composite

temperature of
magma

amount of gases
in magma

magma composition

phreatic

Phreatomagmatic

strombolian

vulcanian

Plinian
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Assessment: (Post-Test)

1. A

2. A

3. B

4. B

5. B

6. D

7. B

8. C

9. B

10. D