Volcanoes are openings in the Earth’s surface.

When they are active they can let ash, gas and
hot magma escape in sometimes violent and
spectacular eruptions
 P O S IT I V E E F FE C T S OF
VO L C A N IC E R U P TI ON E
1. VOLCANIC MATERIALS ULTIMATELY BREAK DOWN AND WEATHER TO FORM SOME OF THE MOST
FERTILE SOILS ON EARTH, CULTIVATION OF WHICH HAS PRODUCED ABUNDANT FOOD AND FOSTERED
CIVILIZATIONS.
2. MOST OF THE METALLIC MINERALS MINED IN THE WORLD--SUCH AS COPPER,
GOLD, SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC--ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MAGMAS FOUND DEEP
WITHIN THE ROOTS OF EXTINCT VOLCANOES
3. THE INTERNAL HEAT ASSOCIATED WITH YOUNG VOLCANIC SYSTEMS HAS
BEEN HARNESSED TO PRODUCE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.
4. TOURISM
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 DISADVAN T A G E S OF
VOL CA NI C E RU P T I ON S
• 1. WIDE SPREAD DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGE OF PROPERTIES
2. LANDSLIDES CAN OCCUR DUE TO STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE OF VOLCANIC CONE
CAUSING FLOODS, ROAD BLOCKS AND BURY VILLAGES
AS WELL AS THE DANGER
FROM THE HOT LAVA, AN
ERUPTING VOLCANO CAN
TRIGGER ARE LIFE
THREATENING THINGS.

• TSUNAMIS
• FLASH FLOODS
• EARTHQUAKES
• MUD FLOWS
• ROCK FALLS.
3. VOLCANIC ERUPTION CAN CAUSE POLLUTION ON ITS SURROUNDINGS ( ASH FALL,
ACID RAIN
3. VOLCANIC ERUPTION CAN CAUSE GLOBAL COOLING CAUSING
GLOBAL FAMINE
The Year without a Summer with
estimated death toll of 100,000+
world wide