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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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More volcano pictures