Volcano Project

[EquestrianBabe]

Hi all, this is my Volcano Project I had to do for school as homework. The teacher has to like it, I spent over an hour on it. We're doing Natural Diasasters and I have to do Volcanoes. Enjoy

-Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planets surface or crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gas to escape from below the surface. The word volcano is derived from the world Vulcano island off Sicily, which in turn, was named after Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
Active volcanoes generally occur close to major tectonic plate boundaries. Many are located along the earth's plate boundaries. Active volcanoes are rare in Australia because there are no plate boundaries on this continent. However, there are two active volcanoes located 4000 kilometres south west of Perth on the Austrailian territories, Heard Island and the nearby McDonalds Island.
The other active volcanoes nearest Australia are in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Phillipines. Gas-rich sticky magmas dominate the Asia Pacific, making composite volcanoes and calderas the most common varieties in the region. These types of volcanoes severely threaten lives, property, agricultural lands and lifelines throughout south east Asia and the Australian region.
Volcanoes are found in many parts of the world. Most of them though are found around the Pacific Ocean. This part of the world is called the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is a ring of volcanoes that are around the Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian islands and the Hawaiian volcanoes are closest to the middle of the Ring of Fire. The reason for this is that there are plates crashing into each other, but they do not crash around Hawaii.
There are no volcanoes in the UK now, but before, there were several, and they now are all long extinct. The UK volcanoes never erupted very much, thrice a year at the most, and when they did erupt, it wasn't very 'big' or effective and no-one ever got hurt.
The largest volcano on earth is Mauna Loa, located on Hawii's Big Island. It is a massive shieldvolcano constructed by countless lava flows. When measured from the base to the top, the pile of lavas measures more than 17,000 m (56,000 ft)! When measured from the sea floor, Mauna Loa's height is still more than 9,000 m, thus it is also the highest mountain on earth. Mauna Loa in fact is so heavy that, its weight has bent the oceanic crust under the volcano several kilometres downwards into the mantle. Mauna Loa is one of the Earth's most active volcanoes, with 33 well-documented eruptions in historic times since 1843. Its last eruption was in 1984 and since 2004, Mauna Loa is showing increasing signs of a possible awakening in a not-too-distant future.
The worlds smallest volcano is the Taal Volcano in the Philippines. The description of this volcanoe is 'a crater within an island within a lake.' This is because it is an island in Taal Lake called Luzon. The volcano is a 406-metre high crater. At one time it was larger but collapsed and then the lake formed around what was left of the volcano. Tagaytay City overlooks the lake and it is believed that it may be part of the crater of the volcano prior to its collapse. This volcano may also be one of the most active volcanoes around today since it has erupted over 20 times since 1572. Scientists believe this volcano is giving signs of increased activity. The Taal Volcanoe last erupted 15th July 2009 at 5.23pm.
Volcanoes can be bad, and dangerous, but the one good thing about them is that when a volcano erupts, plants grow very quickly, due to the ash produced by the volcano during the eruption, as it is good for the soil. Also the steep sides of a volcano once erupted are great habitats for rare plants or animals to stay protected and healthy.
By Courtney Herron, P5

[TortBabe]

Its fabulous babes, well done, the teacher will love it!

[purplelynn]

I would give you one of my Deputy Headteacher Awards! Well done Courtney

[EquestrianBabe]

Thanks It's a bit long, though I'm sure my teacher won't mind

[purplelynn]

Never too long - only ever too short!

[linda]

an excellent piece of work

did you include a diagram

[SeeShell]

Excellent eb - you've taught me lots I didn't know! Your teacher will love it.
SS

[EquestrianBabe]

Thank you Linda Am proud of it. No, I didn't include a diagram.

[EquestrianBabe]

Thanks See-Shell I got 25% of it off Wikipedia. Wikipedia is great for projects. It really helped me when I was doing a Viking project.

[linda]

you should be very proud

i have a thing about diagrams lol lol
it makes me understand the written word better

im sure you will get an A for this work
i have seen GCSE course work below your high standard