Volcanoes

Volcanoes …..from around the world.

geography/natural science


These are the important parts of a Volcano


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These are the important parts of a Volcano

A volcano is a place on the Earth's surface (or any other planet's or moon's surface) where molten rock, gases and pyroclastic debris erupt through the earth's crust.

Volcanoes vary quite a bit in their structure - some are cracks in the earth's crust where lava erupts, and some are domes, shields, or mountain-like structures with a crater at the summit. Magma is molten rock within the Earth's crust. When magma erupts through the earth's surface it is called lava. Lava can be thick and slow-moving or thin and fast-moving.

Rock also comes from volcanoes in other forms, including ash (finely powdered rock that looks like dark smoke coming from the volcano), cinders (bits of fragmented lava), and pumice (light-weight rock that is full of air bubbles and is formed in explosive volcanic eruptions - this type of rock can float on water).

Volcanic eruptions can cause great damage and the loss of life and property.


Where the word VOLCANO comes from.

The word volcano comes from the Roman god of fire, Vulcan.

Vulcan was said to have had a forge (a place to melt and shape iron) on Vulcano,

an active volcano on the Lipari Islands in Italy.


Underwater volcanoes.

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This is how an underwater volcano forms and acts.

There are volcanoes all over the world, and on other planets. The largest volcano of all is on the

planet Mars. We will only talk about the most important volcanoes.

* All the red areas are volcanoes. Find the US, then look at all the volcanoes.


These are the MOST active volcanoes in the world today.



Two important volcanoes.

Extreme Volcanoes:

The largest volcano on Earth is Hawaii's Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa is about6 miles tall from the seafloor to its summit. It also has the greatest volume of any volcano, 10,200 cubic miles.

The most active volcano in the continental USA is Mt. St. Helens, located in western Washington state.

Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USIn Washington State, this volcano erupted in 1980 and

triggered the largest landslide in US history. geography/natural science

Mount Mazama, OregonIn Oregon State, this volcano exploded around 7000 years ago,

creating what is now called the Crater Lake.

Mount Pinatubo, PhilipinesMount Pinatubo produced a massive eruption in 1991 whose effects were felt

worldwide.

Mount Vesuvius, ItalyMount Vesuvius is near Naples, Italy. In 79BC in a devasting eruption,

the volcano completely buried a Roman town named Pompeii.

Mount Fuji, JapanMount Fuji considers this volcano to be one of it’s main symbols. It last

erupted in 1707.

Krakatau Volcano, IndonesiaThis volcano erupted in 1883, when 36,000 individuals died.

24 square miles were blown to bits, and the eruption was heard 3,000 miles away.

Mount Etna, Island of SicilyThis volcano is constantly active.

Muana Loa, HawaiiThis volcano is in the Hawaiian Islands, and is the largest active volcano

from the sea floor up: 60 miles across at the base.


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