Volcanoes In this lesson, we’ll learn what volcanoes are, and what damage an eruption can do. volcanoes

What’s a volcano? A volcano is where liquid rock or magma shoots out or erupts through the ground. Above ground, the liquid rock is called lava.

1. What is: a) magma?b) lava? 2. Make a larger copy of this drawing. Then colour it in and add the missing labels.

3. An active volcano can give out all of these:volcano showers of asha pyrocolastic flowa lava flow plumes of dustvolcanic gases. a.List them in order of danger, starting with what you think is the most dangerous one. b.Beside each item in your list, say what harm it does. 4. You were there when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted in You took the photo below. your friend in New York telling him what you saw before you took it – and what happened next.