Get Ready for an ERUPTION!!! Volcanoes Get Ready for an ERUPTION!!!

What is a volcano? A weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma, comes to the surface Magma- molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases & water from the mantle Lava- Magma that reaches the surface

Where are volcanoes located? Volcanoes can be found: Diverging Plate boundaries (mid-ocean ridge) Converging plates with subduction zones Oceanic plate vs. oceanic plate Oceanic plate vs. continental plate Hot spots Area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust like a blow torch Example: Hawaiian Islands

What is the Ring of Fire? A circular pattern located around the pacific ocean along the plate boundaries where volcanoes are more common

Results of Volcanoes Are constructive: Can be destructive add new rock to existing land form new islands Can be destructive explosive eruptions changes the landscape of and around the volcano

Eruptions Why do volcanoes erupt? Less dense magma seeps upward through cracks and creates volcanoes Gas in the magma is trapped and builds pressure Closer it gets to surface the less pressure it has and the gases separate (bubbles) Gases dissolve on the surface and magma is carried out

Types of Eruptions determined by amount of silica (material made from the elements oxygen and silicon) 2 types: Quiet Lava moves steadily and easily Explosive Thick, sticky lava plugs vent like a cork and builds up pressure Explodes and releases pyroclastic flow Volcanic ash: fine, rock particles Cinders: pebble sized particles Bombs: baseball to car sized particles

Stages of a Volcano Active: (live) erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt in the near future Dormant: (Sleeping) is not currently erupting but may/can erupt in the future Extinct: (dead) unlikely to erupt again

Other Volcanic Activity Hot springs Groundwater is heated by near by magma rising to the surface and collects in natural pools

Other Volcanic Activity Geyser Rising hot water and steam that gets trapped underground and builds pressure until it sprays to the surface