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Volcanoes

Volcanoes. By Nicholas Opie and Joshua Barila. Introduction. Volcanoes are vents full of molten rock that when erupted form mountains and hills. This is because when molten rock flows up and escapes turning into lava and instantly solidifies. Location. Victoria : Aberfeldy Bacchus Marsh

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Volcanoes

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  1. Volcanoes By Nicholas Opie and Joshua Barila

  2. Introduction Volcanoes are vents full of molten rock that when erupted form mountains and hills. This is because when molten rock flows up and escapes turning into lava and instantly solidifies.

  3. Location Victoria: Aberfeldy Bacchus Marsh Bogong Bonang Flinders Gelantipy Howitt La Trobe Mt Eccles Mt Napier Neerim Toombullup Uplands Central and Southern NSW: Abercrombie Airly BundaBunda Byrock Canobolas Cargelligo Dubbo El Capitan Monaro Nerriga Snowy Mountains South Coast Southern Highlands Sydney Atherton Chudleigh McBride (Undara) McLean Nulla Piebald Sturgeon Wallaroo Bauhinia Buckland Hillsborough Hoy Mitchell Monto Nebo Peak Range Rockhampton Springsure Brisbane Boyne Bundaberg Focal Peak Glass House Main Range Queensland: South Australia: Mt Gambier Mt Schank Tasmania: North Northeast Northwest Central Central-East South Barrington Central Comboyne Doughboy Ebor Liverpool Range Nandewar Tweed Walcha Warrumbungle

  4. Warning When volcanoes awaken and when the magma starts to ascend to the surface, cracking rock as it does, it sends out signals. You get seismic signals, deformation of the surface, increasing gas emission at the surface - and this can be detected which is how scientists work out when a volcano is going to erupt. you can calculate when a volcano erupts depth prior to these big eruptions. magma slowly accumulates a few kilometres below the volcano and finally it blows.

  5. Why do people choose to live in places with active volcanoes Here are my reasons why some people may choose to live near active volcanoes.- Good fertile soil for growing crops- Land may be cheaper as other don't want to live there- diamonds often form around volcano and provide a good income if mined-Land maybe favourable, e.g. flat- May not realize the possible danger - too uneducated-Ancestral home land - live there for generations

  6. Layout of a Volcano

  7. Magma reaches the surface through the main pipe of a volcano. It is forced up by mass pressure from deep inside the volcano. When it comes out of the earth's surface it is called “lava”. The lava pours out of the vent, at the surface of the volcano. A vent can be at the top or sides of a volcano. Volcanic eruptions

  8. Fast facts and general info Volcanoes were named after the Roman god of fire Vulcan. The largest volcano on Earth is Mauna Loa in Hawaii The largest volcano in our Solar System is Olympus Mons which is located on Mars and is 27 kilometres high and 520 kilometres across (about a drive to Melbourne) and is about as big as Victoria.

  9. Bibliography www.wikipedia.org/wiki/volcano www.google.com www.kidcyber.com www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/volcano RD Press: The Earth-Picturepedia

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