LESSON 1 VOLCANOES

LESSON 1 VOLCANOES

EPISODE 1 

ABOUT VOLCANO

• THE WORD VOLCANO COMES FROM THE NAME VULCAN THE ROMAN GOD OF FIRE.

• A VOLCANO IS AN OPENING OF A EARTHS SURFACE , WHICH ALOWS HOT , MOLTEN  ROCK , ASH AND GASES TO ESCAPE FROM BELOW THE SURFACE . THESE BURST OUT OF THE CRUST THROUGH A VERTICAL TUNNEL CALLED VENT .

TYPES  OF VOLCANOES

• ACTIVE

• DORMANT 

• EXTINCT

ACTIVE VOLCANOES.

• MANY ACTIVE VOLCANOES CAN BE FOUND IN PACIFIC AREA.

• FAMOUS ACTIVE VOCANOES ALSO INCLUDE : MOUNT ENTA , MOUNT FUJI , MOUNT EREBUS AND MOUNT VESUVIUS . THE PICTURE OF MOUNT FUJI IS GIVEN IN THE SIDE 

DORMANT VOLCANOES 

• VOLCANOES THAT HAVE NOT ERUPTED  IN RECENT YEARS BUT MAY ERUPT IN THE FUTURE ARE CALLED  DORMANT VOLCANOES.

• FOR EXAMPLE : Mount Kilimanjaro , MOUNT TANZANIA . 

• Mount Kilimanjaro PICTURE GIVEN IN SIDE.

EXTINCT VOLCANOES

• DEFINITION - ARE THE VOLCANOES WHICH HAVE STOPPED ERUPTING

• EXAMPLES : Waw an-Namus IN LYBIA

Waw an-Namus

ITS A FACT !
THE ERUPTIONS OF THE Eyjafjallajokull VOLCANO OF ICE LAND IN 2010 THREW OUT FINE GLASS - RICH ASH INTO THE ATMOSPHERE . - NEXT SLIDE CONTINUING

IT THERE BY DISRUPTED AIR TRAFFIC ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE AND CAUSED INCONVENIENCE TO AIR TRAVEL .

 Eyjafjallajokull 

 Eyjafjallajokull VOLCANO

MORE ABOUT LAVA

ABOUT LAVA?

ABOUT LAVA AND ITS DEFINITION!

• DEFINITION -THE HOT MOLTEN ROCK IS CALLED LAVA

• THE LAVA SPREADS OVER THE LAND SOMETIMES COVERING AN ENTIRE REGION . WHEN LAVA IS BELOW THE EARTHS SURFACE IT IS CALLED MAGMA.

• WHEN THE LAVA COOLS DOWN , THE AREA FORMED LOOKS LIKE A NEW ISLAND . 

• SOME VOLCANOES ARE ALSO FOUND UNDER THE SEA

Multiple Choice

_____________ IS OPENING OF EARTHS SURFACE ?

• SIESMOGRAPH

• LAVA

• VOLCANO

• GASES

• ASH

Multiple Select

WHAT ARE VOLCANOES THAT HAVE STOPPED ERUPTED CLALLED ?

• ACTIVE VOLCANOES

• MAGMA VOLCANOES

• REMEDY ERUPTING VOLCANOES

• EXTINCT VOLCANOES

• DORMANT VOLCANOES

Multiple Choice

THE WORD VOLCANO COMES FROM THE NAME :

• VOLCAN

• VULCAN

Multiple Choice

WHEN THE LAVA IS BELOW THE EARTHS SURFACE IT IS CALLED ?

• VENT

• LAVA

• FIRE

• MAGMA

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