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The effects of volcanoes - 2 views

Gases from a volcanoes can cause carbon monoxide poisoning that can kill animals and humans.

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A common effect of volcanic eruptions are land slides.

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"Debris flows of mud, rock, and water travel down the flank and into valleys and streams at velocities of 20 mph to 40 mph."

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Rough draft - 4 views

VSmith3 Imagine that you are a 12-year-old boy in the ancient city of Pompeii. You are walking home from the Temple of Apollo when the ground begins to rumble. You look toward Mt .Vesuvius and see...

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Pyroclastic flows are mixtures of hot gas, ash and other volcanic rocks travelling very quickly down the slopes of volcanoes. They are one of the most dangerous hazards posed by volcanoes.

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eruptions can inject massive quantities of ash into the atmosphere, greatly "reducing the solar heating of the Earth and potentially interrupting the global food supply for several years."

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types of volcanoes - 1 views

volcanoes can be divided in to three main types, stratovolcanoes, center cone, shield volcanoes.

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the types of volcanoes - 2 views

lava spills out of a centeral vent or groups of vents.

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How volcanoes are formed and erupt - 3 views

"how explosive a volcano is depends on how runny or sticky the magma is."

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How Volcanoes are formed and erupt - 1 views

"When the plunging plate gets deep enough inside the mantle, some of the rock on the overlying plate melts and forms magma that can move upward and erupt at the Earth's surface."

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Types of volcanoes - 1 views

"Stratovolcanoes build from eruptions of lava and tephra that pile in layers or strata, much like layers of cake and frosting."

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Types of volcanoes - 1 views

The Cindercone volcano is the smallest and most common type of volcano.

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The Galapagos islands were formed from shield volcanoes.

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Cindercone volcanoes mainly shoot out pea sized tephra.

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Types of volcanoes - 1 views

The famous Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Ocean region, is made up of Stratovolcanoes.

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Cindercone volcanoes have the largest crater at the top.

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