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    This document provides information about volcanoes including their internal structure, types of volcanoes, facts about volcanic activity and eruptions. It describes the major internal components of a volcano such as the magma chamber, conduit and vent. It classifies volcanoes as active, dormant or extinct and lists some example shapes like shield, composite and cinder cones volcanoes. Additional facts noted include that 350 million people live near active volcanoes, the largest active volcano is Mauna Loa in Hawaii, and volcanoes can be found on other planets like Mars.

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    Volcanos

    By Isabela Castro and Sofia Piza

    Beacon School
    March 2018
    Inside a volcano:
    • 1. large magma chamber • 8. flank
    • 2.bedrock • 9. Layers of lava emitted
    by the volcano
    • 3. conduit {pipe}
    • 10. thoat
    • 4. base
    • 11. parasitic cone
    • 5. sill
    • 12. lava flow
    • 6. branch pipe
    • 13. vent
    • 7. layers of ash emitted
    • 14. crater
    by the volcano
    • 15. ash cloud
    Volcanos facts:
    • Put simply, a volcano is an opening (usually in a mountain) in the Earth’s
    surface from which gas, hot magma and ash can escape.

    •  Volcanoes are classified as active, dormant or extinct depending on the


    amount of volcanic activity happening. “Active” means there’s regular
    activity, “dormant” means there’s been recent activity but that it’s
    currently quiet and “extinct”, meaning it’s been so long since the last
    eruption that it’s unlikely to ever erupt again.
    Volcanos facts 2:
    • When you imagine a volcano, you might picture it as a large, slope-sided mountain, but
    volcanoes can actually be a variety of shapes. Shield (flat), composite (tall and thin),
    cinder cones (circular or oval cones), and lava domes (where dome-shaped deposits of
    hardened lava have built up around the vent, as the lava is too thick to flow very far).

    • Lava can reach 1,250°C and has the potential to burn everything in its path!

    • Magma is the name given to hot liquid rock inside a volcano. Once it leaves the volcano,
    it’s known as lava.
    Volcanos facts 3:
    • 350 million, or one in 20 people in the world live within “danger range” of an
    active volcano.

    • The world’s largest active volcano is Mauna Loa in Hawaii standing at 4,169m!

    • Volcanoes are found on planets other than Earth. An example is Olympus Mons


     on Mars.
    Volcanos “links”
    • http://www.natgeokids.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Volcano-facts-in
    fographic.pdf

    • https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos?videoGuid=881d504a-bdd6-4
    cfc-94bc-2a21e43b36f8
    Interesting facts about volcanos:
    • The word volcano comes from the name of a roman god called Volcan.

    • About 1,900 volcanoes on Earth are considered active and are likely to explode
    again – yikes! 

    • In 1883 Krakatau in Southeast Asia erupted, releasing 200 megatrons of energy,


    the equivalent of 15,000 nuclear bombs! This generated the loudest sound
    reported in history.
    Thank you!
    • Bibliography:
    • kids.nationalgeographic.com
    • natgeokids.com
    • safesearchkids.com
    Do you have any questions?

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