welcome to our volcanoes page!
on this page you will learn about volcanic eruptions, viscosity of magma, and volcanic landforms.
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Properties of magma
What factors determine the viscosity of magma?
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Viscosity animation
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Volcanic Eruptions
By: Cassidy
Volcanic Landforms
DIstinctive features in volcanic areas
geyser animation
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How does magma that hardens beneath the surface create landforms?
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Batholiths
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Dome mountains
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How volcanoes affect our lives
mount Etna
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mount santa maria
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How Volcanoes Affect People's Lives
by: Mayleen
Volcanoes affect people in many ways, some are good, and some are not. Some of the bad ways are that houses, buildings, roads, and fields can get covered with ash. As long as you can get the ash off (especially if it is wet), your house may not collapse, but often the people leave because of the ash and are not around to continually clean off their roofs. If the ash fall is really heavy it can make it impossible to breathe. Lava flows are almost always too slow to run over people, but they can certainly run over houses, roads, and any other structures. The effect an eruption will have on a nearby city could vary from none at all to catastrophic. For example, atmospheric conditions might carry ash away from the city or ground texture might direct lahars and rock flows to unpopulated areas. In contrast, under certain atmospheric, eruption and/or ground texture conditions, lahars, rock flows, and/or ash fall could enter the city causing death and destruction.
How do volcanoes affect peoples lives ~liah
Volcanoes can affect peoples lives in a lot of different ways. If can affect them by having a lot of vog in the air when it erupts and it can affect some people by allowing them to have a difficult time to breathe. Another way that it can affect peoples lives is that it can affect where you are living like your home, or you may not know that the volcano is still active and may build you home on it, but when it erupts it may destroy your home and destroy your property. That is why it is safe to make sure you are not building your property or your home on an active volcano. If you are not sure get some help or if you won't, this volcano may affect your life and your family.