volcanoes cool but dangerous! by erin and hailey sue buel elementary. mr callaham 5 th grade

Volcanoes

Cool but dangerous!By Erin and Hailey Sue Buel

Elementary. Mr Callaham 5th grade

Mount St. Helens• Is in Cascade Range and Ring of

Fire• Erupted May 18, 1980 at 8:32

A.M.• Elevation is 8,365 feet or 2,550

Miles• A man has fallen into the crater on

top of Mount St. Helens (Feb,2010)

• It is an active volcano• It is a very well known

climber/tourist attraction• Part of Oregon and Washington

history •

Volcanoes in space

• Volcano on Lo ( One of Jupiter’s moons)

• Lo has six volcanic vents• Lo Spurts magma 100’s of

Miles into space forming shapes of umbrellas

• The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons ( on Mars)

• Olympus Mons is three times the height of Mt. Everest

• Olympus Mons is Latin for Mt. Olympus

Volcanoes in general

• Openings in Earths crust• They are formed when

magma gushes up from the mantle and breaks through a weak spot in the Earths crust

• There are three types of eruptions ( Hawaiian hotspots, Vesuvian, strombolian)

• Three shapes of volcanoes (cinder cones, Basaltic, Shield)

Our favorite volcano pictures

Pretty volcano eruptions

Bibliography

• Special thanks to:• www.wikipedia.org• www.google.com• www.google.com/

images• www.Volcanoes.com• www.geology.sdsu.ed

u• www.howstuffworks.c

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