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Virtual Day 1 - Volcanoes

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13 questions
Navigate to https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vhp/updates.html
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List a volcano alert, including name, location, and status.

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List a volcano alert, including name, location, and status.

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Define the following terms from http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Volcanoes.aspx

  • Magma
  • Volcanic Activity
  • Volcano
  • Hot Spot
  • Pyroclastic Flow
  • Lava
  • Caldera
  • A hole in Earth's surface through which magma, hot gases, ash, and rock fragments escape from deep inside the planet.
  • A dense wave of superheated air and rock that moves as a fluid from an erupting volcano, sometimes crossing thousands of square miles of landscape.
  • Molten rock deep within Earth that consists of liquids, gases, and particles of rocks and crystals.
  • Large circular depression formed when an empty magma chamber causes the collapse of the volcano above it.
  • An upwelling of heat from beneath Earth's crust.
  • Magma at Earth's surface.
Click on the webpage: http://www.volcanolive.com/a.html
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Define magma chamber

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Define pipe

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Define vent

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Define crater

Go to : http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52632801/ns/technology_and_science-science/
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What volcano is the article about, and where is it located?

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At what speed did the magma rise from the mantle ( Km / month)?

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Irazú volcano is an __________________, rising above a _____________________where two of Earth's tectonic plates collide and one dives into the mantle.

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What type of crystals are the authors analyzing from arc volcanoes?

Go to : https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/12/mt-etna-erupts-in-spectacular-volcanic-event.html
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Where is this volcano, what is its name?

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What is the name of the stunning event that occurred with this eruption?

View the eruption from space.