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Virtual Day 1 - Volcanoes

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Navigate to https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vhp/updates.html
Question 1
1.

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

Question 2
2.

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

Question 3
3.

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

  • Volcano
  • Lava
  • Volcanic Activity
  • Pyroclastic Flow
  • Magma
  • Hot Spot
  • 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
Question 4
4.

Define magma chamber

Question 5
5.

Define pipe

Question 6
6.

Define vent

Question 7
7.

Define crater

Go to : http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52632801/ns/technology_and_science-science/
Question 8
8.

What volcano is the article about, and where is it located?

Question 9
9.

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

Question 10
10.

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

Question 11
11.

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
Question 12
12.

Where is this volcano, what is its name?

Question 13
13.

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

View the eruption from space.