Volcanoes

Cool but dangerous!By Erin and Hailey Sue Buel

Elementary. Mr Callaham 5th grade

Mount St. Helens• Is in Cascade Range and Ring of

Fire• Erupted May 18, 1980 at 8:32

A.M.• Elevation is 8,365 feet or 2,550

Miles• A man has fallen into the crater on

top of Mount St. Helens (Feb,2010)

• It is an active volcano• It is a very well known

climber/tourist attraction• Part of Oregon and Washington

history •

Volcanoes in space

• Volcano on Lo ( One of Jupiter’s moons)

• Lo has six volcanic vents• Lo Spurts magma 100’s of

Miles into space forming shapes of umbrellas

• The largest volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons ( on Mars)

• Olympus Mons is three times the height of Mt. Everest

• Olympus Mons is Latin for Mt. Olympus

Volcanoes in general

• Openings in Earths crust• They are formed when

magma gushes up from the mantle and breaks through a weak spot in the Earths crust

• There are three types of eruptions ( Hawaiian hotspots, Vesuvian, strombolian)

• Three shapes of volcanoes (cinder cones, Basaltic, Shield)

Our favorite volcano pictures

Pretty volcano eruptions

Bibliography

• Special thanks to:• www.wikipedia.org• www.google.com• www.google.com/

images• www.Volcanoes.com• www.geology.sdsu.ed

u• www.howstuffworks.c

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