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Liang-Fang Chao
What is a volcano?
A volcano is a site where melted rock and other materials from arth!s mantle are released" #$ring an er$ption% melted rock called magma leaves the magma cham&er and moves $p the conduit" 'he magma leaves the cond$it at the vent" Magma is called lava after it leaves the vent"
vent$ally the er$ption ends and the volcano vent &ecomes a &owllike caldera or res$rgent dome or lava lake"
Lake
(es$rgent dome
Cinder Cone
A volcanic neck is the solid remains of magma that filled the cond$it" As the volcano erodes% a core of solid magma gets e)posed" *ranite is an igneo$s rock and is formed from magma"
http+,,www"landforms"e$
'he top of an active mantle pl$me is called a hot spot" As the plate moves% it carries the volcanic island away from the active hot spot"
C$rrently% the hot spot is making the $ndersea volcano Loihi to the so$theast of the island"
Life of a Volcano
An active volcano is er$pting or has er$pted recently% and is e)pected to er$pt again in the near f$t$re% s$ch as /ila$ea in -awaii 0last er$ption in March 1% 23445 A dormant volcano is not active now% &$t may &ecome active in the f$t$re% s$ch as Mo$nt 6t" -elen and Lassen 7eak" An e)tinct volcano is no longer a&le to er$pt% s$ch as #evil!s 'ower"
Bathymetric Map - A bathymetric map shows what the ocean floor wo$ld look like if all the water drained o$t
Obvious Divergent Boundaries trace over the ridges and rises 0white areas5"
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
Held stationary
Mo$nt 6t" -elen ":@"23 A% 422"41 W5 y8af8alla8Bk$ll Volcano in .celand 0@;"@; degrees A 49"@2 degrees W5 - recent er$ption March % 2343 C a relatively small glacier in .celand whose icecap covers an active volcano some 4%@@@ meters 0=%:@@ feet5 high"
http+,,geology"com,volcanoes,etna,
6$&d$ctoin Fone
#rakatoa$ %ndonesia
A Volcanic island &etween Iava and 6$matra in .ndonesia% growing &y 2cm per day" )ploded in 411;% killing ;@%:4> people" Lo$dest so$nd ever heard in modern history% &eing heard nearly ;%333 miles away" 's$nami over ;33 meters high" 'he sky darkened worldwide for years"
http+,,icecreamgram"&logspot"com,2342,34,krakatoa"html
Aovar$pta% Alaska
A new volcano formed in 4992" 'he 4992 V .-@ er$ption lasted @3 ho$rs long and released ;3 times the vol$me of magma as the 4913 er$ption of Mo$nt 6t" -elens" Aear&y /atmai has V . ; in 4992"
Aovar$pta
/atmai
http+,,en"wikipedia"org,wiki,Mo$ntK/atmai
(ernandina %sland
the third largest% and yo$ngest% island of the *alLpagos .slands" 'he islands were formed &y the *alLpagos hotspot" 'he island is an active shield volcano that has &een er$pting since April 44% 2339"
http+,,en"wikipedia"org,wiki,FernandinaK.sland