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VOLCANOES

This term, doing natural Disasters as a project, we each had to research a specific topic, ex: tornadoes, volcanoes, tsunamis etc. I chose Volcanoes and so did Celia, so we decided to work together to provide this interesting information. Also make a Photostory3 about it! This is NOT everything, but some of the interesting things. There will be more. STAY TUNED! Here is what we have came up with and please, if you could read through it and see if there is something unclear, say so, if there is a mistake, say so, and if there is something that we haven’t mentioned, you are welcome to tell us so! We are both looking forward to hearing some advice from you! There are so many things we have learned and we feel proud to have come up with THIS much! ENJOY!

 
    Can you believe a volcano would look like this when it erupts? Really?            Yes really!   

Q. How were volcanoes created?A. 2 tectonic plates (big rock plates) beneath the surface of the Earth collide under each other; this is where the earth heats up and melts the rock into magma and some gases. It erupts and forms a HUGE mountain of volcano. 

Did you know?Magma is a type of rock but because it is so hot, it turns into runny, hot liquid.                      Magma  

Q. How long do eruptions last?A.   Eruptions could last for less than a day, or some hundreds of years. There was an eruption in
Kilauea that started in 1983 and is still happening! It’s been on for 16 years!!!        
Mount Kilauea, Hawaii, erupting like crazy! From GoogleQ. What are Underwater Volcanoes?A.  Under the ocean Floor magma lies underneath, especially among the lines of weakness at plate margins. When the plates move apart, magma seeps through the gap and hardens into a new strip of crust. This type of plate margin is in the Atlantic ocean, making it wider and
Europe further apart. Underwater Volcanoes can also be created when cracks appear, magma gets released. It grows and grows until it is a mountain, they call them seamounts. They may grow above the water to form volcanic islands.  

     Underwater volcano under a boat! The boat didn’t even notice!!!   L   

Amazing facts!1. The largest active volcano is in
Hawaii called Mauna Lau, which is amazingly about 50,000 metres (15.2 km)! One of its explosions lasted for a year! WOW!   Lava is JUST falling, good luck to the people next door!2. The way lava makes its way through water is as soon as it comes out from darkness, it immediately, and astonishly, transforms into a solid glass lava ball. 3.  Earth’s tallest underwater volcano is Mauna Kea in Hawaii, Mauna Lau’s sister, claiming to be 9,000 metres high (29,520 feet), making  it top place, as it claims its prize in getting the highest ever volcano and being higher than MOUNT EVEREST! The difference is about 150 metres (490 feet)! Can you see it in the distance? The mountain with snow? 

4. There are 500 million people in danger of being attacked by a volcano all over the world, especially from japan, Indonesia and
America! At least 300, 000 people have been killed by a volcano in the last 500 years only! May they Rest In Peace!The volcano that killed most people is the one in
Indonesia in 1815, killing 90,000 people! OH NO! That’s just started erupting. People are getting ready for escape!   This one is really close to people’s homes. I hope they make it! I wouldn’t want to see children die! Or families, or ANYONE AT ALL!  L  Stay tuned for safety guide next time, on how to survive a volcano! So get a pen and paper and get ready to write it down if you want to live! Until then, bye now, NOT forever!  J   

   See you then! Bye!