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  • 1. Created by: Ekain, Joseba, Lander, Ricardoand Unai.

2. A volcano is a mountain. Most of the time, itlooks like any other mountain, but sometimes itshoots out gas, ash and burning rock. This iscalled an eruption. 3. Inside every volcano there is a deep hole. It goesdeep down inside the earth, it so hot there thatsome of the rocks melts.This hot, runny rock is called magma. 4. 1- An active volcano erupted and can eruptagain. Kilauea is an active volcano in Hawaii.This volcano is more active than any othervolcano in the world.2- A dormant volcano is sleeping. Mount Fuji inJapan is dormant at the moment.3- An extinct volcano cant erupt again.Anatahan is an island in the Pacific Ocean. 5. The Galapagos islands are volcanicislands. They are near the coast ofEcuador. There are 13 big islandsand 6 smaller islands. There are stilleruptions in the Galpagos islands.The underwatervolcanoes cangrow so big thatislands form. 6. Vesuvius is an excint volcano in Italy.It is avery famous volcano because there wasa terrible eruption in 79 A.D.One afternoon the people from Pompeii heard a loud noise.They looked up and saw a cloud of ash.People ran out of their houses, but they could not breathe,thousands of people were dead.People forgot Pompeii for 1500 years .But in 1595, people who were digging a well foundsome old ruins.They were the ruins of Pompeii.They found streets, shops and fine houses. 7. CREATED BY:EKAIN ANDJOSEBA 8. Mount St Helen is in Washington, U.S.A.Its an active volcano.The most important eruption was in 1980. 57 people were killed.There was an earthquake. 9. Etna is in Sicily, Italy.Its an active volcano.It erupts every few years.The most important eruptions were in 2002-2003.A huge column of ash could easily be seen fromthe space and Libya. 10. Teide is in Tenerife island, Canary Islands, Spain.Is the 3rd highest volcano in the world, and thehighest in Spain.Its an active volcano, but is currently dormant.The last eruption was in 1909. 11. Krakatoa is in Indonesia.Is an active volcano.The most important eruption wasin 1883.36,417 people were killed.There were massive tsunamis. 12. Nevado del Ruiz is in Colombia.Its an active volcano.It was 150 years dormant.There was a lahar, 23,000 people were died. 13. Mauna Loa in Hawai is bigger than anyother volcano in the world.