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    1. Topic; science/volcano experiment a. Teams will be investigating a volcano of their choosing, creating a model of the volcano, and writing a one page report on their findings. The team will come together to write a 1-2 page report and create a volcanic model based on the information they’ve gathered. The roles and responsibilities that students will have include the following: (1). Teammate 1 will be a researcher and Praiser. He/she will verbally express appreciation for teammates’ ideas and

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    Yellowstone is one of the largest known volcanoes in the world and the largest volcanic system in North America. The volcano is found above an intra-plate hot spot that has been feeding the magma chamber for at least 2 million years. The giant caldera is the product of a large-scale collapse of the crust after 3 ultra-plinain or super volcano eruptions, large explosive events that erupt several hundreds to few thousands of cubic km of magma. These eruptions took place 2.1, 1.3 and 0.64 million years

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    great Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on earth. It is also one of the five volcanoes that created the beautiful island known as Hawaii. This shield volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the world! The name Mauna Loa means “Long Mountain” in Hawaiian. Whenever this giant volcano erupts, it's usually extremely hazardous, threatening its surroundings. Mauna Loa may be very large and dangerous, but it is quite fascinating! What Type of Volcano is Mauna Loa? According to

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    I remember building my first volcano. It was huge, we had made it out of a miniature water bottle, clay, paint, and tiny models of village folk glued to the base of the volcano. We exploded it with vinegar, baking soda, and red dyed water. It was so much fun and realistic I almost thought it was real. We decided on the color brown to paint the volcano to make it more realistic. Me and my family erupted it in a regular water bottle inside the sink first to make sure that it worked. Then we erupted

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    A few kilometers from the city of Mexico is the Popocatepetl volcano. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the territory of Mexico. That has had approximately fifteen explosions since 1519. The authorities of Mexico designed the volcano warning light of Popocatepetl. It is important to be prepared in case of an eruption. Residents living near the volcano should ask scientists how to be prepared in case of an eruption. What does it mean the volcanic alert traffic light? Where are the closest

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    numbers can go down. Issues with volcano causing so much death is more of the debris that comes out of it if we could estimate the distant that this debris could travel then we would simply need to change the areas that we build cities and how far we would need to evacuate in a sudden emergency. This will include the ideas of projectile motion, angular projectile motion, Geometrical estimations. For this example, I will be using the volcano Mount Vesuvius. This volcano is known best for the destruction

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    1982 El Chichon Volcano

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    Earth’s life and design. The El Chichon volcano is frequently pushed aside when comparing its size and threat with other volcanoes in Mexico. But when looking at the disastrous eruption of 1982 impact that it brought. El Chichon can be seen as one of the great volcanic events of the 20th century with extreme climatic effects. With quite a small demeanour in comparison with its neighbours volcan de san martin and Popocatepetl, many disregarded this volcano as a threat or danger, especially since its

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    dad said. “Promise you will do the same” I replied “I will.” Then the call was ended. We were exceeding the speed limit by at least 60kmph! The vehicle was at top speed! I couldn’t believe this was actually happening. I knew that the island”s volcano was going to erupt someday, but not now. Ash started to fall from the sky. What would happen to my house? The school? But none of that mattered. All that mattered was evacuating. We had arrived at the airport. Ther must have been 30 cars with the

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    Mount Kilauea Volcano

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    My volcano that I am working on is located in Hawaii. Kilauea began to form over 300,000-600,000 years ago and has been active ever since. Mount Kilauea emerged from the sea 50,000-100,000 years ago.In 1990, flows of lava from Kilauea Volcano on the Island of Hawaii invaded Kalapana, a city known for black sand beaches. Although the residents were able to evacuate safely, their homes were incinerated, and by the end of that year all of Kalapana lay buried under 50 feet of lava. “In the past 1,100

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    I chose the eruption of Mont Pelee in Martinique in 1902, to discuss this week. This volcano is a stratovolcano that began to release pyroclastic flows in the early months of 1902, shortly after the eruptions began it was evident that a larger eruption was imminent. In preparation for this eruption, the town of about 25,000 people began to evacuate in groups of about 300 a day to a nearby town called St. Pierre. On 5 May, a larger eruption occurred which caused further anxiety, but the Governor of

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