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Icelandic Geology Your mission is … -To put the pictures and captions you’ve been given onto the map where you think they go. -Write a paragraph explaining.

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1 Icelandic Geology Your mission is … -To put the pictures and captions you’ve been given onto the map where you think they go. -Write a paragraph explaining how Iceland was formed. -If you can (this bit is hard!), write down what you think Iceland will be like in 1 million years.

2 Ice caps Rocks younger than 0.7 million years old Rocks 0.7-3.1 million years old Rocks older than 3.1 million years old Active and dormant volcanoes

3 Captions Fumaroles (an opening in the Earth’s surface that emits steam and other gases) Spreading Ridge (where two chunks of the Earth are moving apart allowing new rocks to come to the surface) Oldest rocks Youngest rocks Active Volcanoes Dormant Volcanoes Boiling mud pot (sort of fumarole or hot spring) Fissures (a volcanic vent that is not explosive)

4 FumaroleMud pot Table mountains made up of layers of lava flows. Newest rocks covered in sulphurous deposits.

5 Seismograph showing an earthquake that has just happened Active volcanoPrimary coloniser Reykjavik-Capital City


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