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Can someone please help me respond to these questions? Volcanoes...

 

Can someone please help me respond to these questions?

 

Volcanoes

 

Where in the world would you go to visit a shield volcano?

 

Search for shield volcano using the google maps linked here. Add a screenshot of this location

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1GQxAbCoWq_eErrAVpK_qMvVkx9xpG5yt&ll=-3.81666561775622e-14%2C0&z=1

 

How does the composition of the lava produce a shield volcano?

 

Where in the world would you go to visit a stratovolcano?

 

Search for stratovolcano using the google maps linked here. Add a screenshot of this location

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1GQxAbCoWq_eErrAVpK_qMvVkx9xpG5yt&ll=-3.81666561775622e-14%2C0&z=1

 

What type of plate boundary (if any) is near the stratovolcano? 

 

 

Sedimentary Rocks

 

How is this type of rock created?

 

How are sedimentary rocks classified? Specifically, what properties in the rock determine the rock?

 

Provide an example of a sedimentary rock.

 

Find a picture online, or take a picture, of the sedimentary rock you listed above. 

 

 

Igneous Rocks

 

How is this type of rock created?

 

How are igneous rocks classified? Explain how both the texture and composition determine this rock classification. 

 

Provide an example of an intrusive mafic igneous rock.

 

Find a picture online, or take a picture, of the igneous rock you listed above. 

 

Provide an example of extrusive felsic rock.

 

Find a picture online, or take a picture, of the igneous rock you listed above.