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Hawaii Z z Z
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Measuring the temperature Heat suit USGS photo by R.L. Christiansen Jan.9, 1973
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vent cone magma chamber conduit
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A look inside the Earth Mantle Outer Core Inner Core Crust
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A look at the mantle and crust
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Cold Crust Ocean Hot Melt Hot Mantle Cooler Mantle
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magma
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Hawaii
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Rough Lots of pieces Smooth or Ropy Courtesy of A. Rust
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World map of volcanoes erupted within the past 10,000 years Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program
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USGS/Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Photo by J.D. Griggs
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Danger to People, Places and Things
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Fast flowing rocks! Bent bars of a broken house. Which way did the flow go?
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USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory Photo by David Wieprecht
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Examples from Past and Present Courtesy of www.swisseduc.ch
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Vesuvius, Italy – 79AD Explosive Ash and flows covered Pompeii
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Excavations cc. Crew Creative cc. of Crew Creative
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Plaster casts of bodies
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Vesuvius today Naples
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Mt. Pelée, Martinique - 1902
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Photo by Angelo Heilprin
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Vestmannaeyjer, Iceland - 1973
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Lava flows caught people by surprise
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Spraying seawater to slow or stop lava flows
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What can we do to help people who live near active volcanoes? Mt. St. Helens
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Volcano Observatories on Active Volcanoes
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Ground bulging or popping up magma tiltmeter
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Earthquakes
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Gas or Bubbles
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What is a volcano? Mountains that erupt. A dormant volcano is:awake asleep ________ chamber V____ Conduit Cone What is lava and magma? m + bubbles + crystals Why do volcanoes erupt? Hot magma wants to go: up down How do volcanoes erupt? Two types: e and effusive. Explosive volcanoes erupt a lot of into the air. What helps make explosive volcanoes erupt?. Can you outrun a pyroclastic flow? Can lava burn trees and houses? Do effusive volcanoes have runny or sticky lava?. l a v a e l t x p l o s i v e b u b b l e s a s h r u n n y yes no e n t M a g m a
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Real-Life Scenario Courtesy of www.swisseduc.ch
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