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OUR VOLCANO PROJECT

Not Peer Reviewed. OUR VOLCANO PROJECT. Luke McDonough Ben McDermott Cian Morgan September 2013. Mount Vesuvius. 2000 years ago People of Pompeii saw smoke Ash blocked light. MOUNT VESUVIUS. Bodies were preserved. MOUNT ST HELENS. Erupted many times Washington, USA Stratovolcano

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OUR VOLCANO PROJECT

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  1. Not Peer Reviewed OUR VOLCANO PROJECT Luke McDonough Ben McDermott Cian Morgan September 2013

  2. Mount Vesuvius • 2000 years ago • People of Pompeii saw smoke • Ash blocked light

  3. MOUNT VESUVIUS Bodies were preserved

  4. MOUNT ST HELENS • Erupted many times • Washington, USA • Stratovolcano • 1831 to 2008 • Height 2,549 metres

  5. MOUNT ST HELENS • 1980 eruption removed upper 396 metres of the volcano • 57 people died • Devastated 596 km • Most economically destructive volcano in USA history • Destroyed • 250 house • 47 bridges • 15 miles of railways • 185 miles of highway • millions of dollars of timber

  6. MOUNT ST HELENS • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bgRnVhbfIKQ • Here you can see a short video of Mount Saint Helens erupting

  7. ICELAND VOLCANO • Eyjafjallajokul • Disruption to air travel for 6 days • Ash cloud covered large areas of North Europe • 20 countries closed their air space • 100,000 travellers affected • Problem with smoke and ash from eruption • Reduced visibility • Damaged windscreens • Damaged engines may shut down

  8. ICELAND VOLCANO President Obama had to cut short his visit to Ireland because of the ash cloud

  9. ICELAND VOLCANO • Volcanic lightening • Made by electricity formed when rocks collide during eruption

  10. QUIZ • What year did Eyjafjallajokul erupt and cause disruption to air travel? • Answer: 2010

  11. QUIZ • What year did Mount St Helens blow its top off? • Answer: 1980

  12. QUIZ • What is the name of the airplane that Barack Obama flew to Ireland in? • Answer: Air Force One

  13. QUIZ • True or False: Did the project team have their holidays cancelled due to the ash cloud? • Answer: True

  14. How do you say the name of the Iceland volcano?

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