PPT-Causes of Volcanic Eruptions

More than 2000 years ago Pompeii was a busy Roman city near the sleeping volcano Mount Vesuvius People did not see Vesuvius as much of a threat Everything changed when Vesuvius suddenly erupted and buried the city in a deadly blanket of ash that was almost 20 ft thick. Chapter 5. Rigid Earth to Plate Tectonics. Learning Objectives. Know the different types of volcanoes and their associated features. Understand the relationship of the volcanoes to plate tectonics. Know what geographic regions are at risk from volcanoes. Chapter 9. Lesson 2. Videos. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/forces-of-nature-kids/volcanoes-101-kids/. Volcanoes 101 National Geographic.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQMB7o3SXOw. Volcanic Eruptions. 1. Why Volcanoes Erupt:. The F of expanding gas builds and pushes magma through the vent. 2. Major Factors in Eruptions:. a. The amount of trapped gas. CO. 2. and Sulfur. b. Silica Content. Chapter 9 . Section 1. Volcanic Eruptions. Volcanoes – areas of Earth’s surface through which magma and volcanic gases pass. In seconds a volcanic eruption can turn an entire mountain into a cloud of ash and rock. Didier . Swingedouw, . Juliette Mignot, Eric Guilyardi, Pablo Ortega, . M. yriam . Khodri. EPIDOM. Evaluation of Interannual to decennial predictability starting from observations and models. Van . Oldenborgh. Earth Science Fall . 2012 . Vocabulary: . aa. – jagged chunks of lava formed by rapid cooling on the surface of the lava flow . Vocabulary:. Caldera- large basin-shaped depression formed when an explosion destroys the upper part of a volcanic cone or when the magma chamber below a volcano is emptied during an eruption. By Robbie Barker, Maximilian Bryson, and Brendan . P. etrili. What is a volcano. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s surface through which magma rises.. Formation of volcanoes. 1.Most volcanoes occur at colliding boundaries.. By Karanasiou Katerina B1. 07/02/2017. Volcano…. Volcano is open passageway from the interior of the Earth that allows blast rock and gases from the interior to the cortex surface in the form of lava. This activity creates mountains. Impacts on the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and Initiation of the Little Ice Age. . Alan . Robock and . Joanna Slawinska . (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu), Dept. . Environmental Sciences. , Rutgers University. Chapter 9 . Section 1. Volcanic Eruptions. During an eruption . magma. is forced to the Earth’s surface. Magma. – molten rock below the Earth’s surface. Lava – magma that . flows. on the Earth’s surface. Section 18-1. Magma. Objectives:. Describe factors that can affect the formation of magma. Compare and contrast the different types of magma. Volcanic Eruptions. In the last 10,000 years more than 1500 major volcanic eruptions have been recorded…where and why do these eruptions occur?. Section 2: . Eruptions. K. What I Know. W. What I Want to Find Out. L. What I Learned. Essential Questions. How does magma type influence volcanic activity?. What is the role of pressure and dissolved gases in eruptions?. Maga. chamber pipe vent. Lavaflow. crater extinct. Pyroclastic flow dormant geyser. What is a Volcano?. A volcano is usually a cone shaped mountain or hill that opens downward to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth.. Társilo. Girona. Science . Questions: . One of the . most . enigmatic . volcanic signals . is shallow . tremor. , a highly-periodic ground vibration that is . long-lasting . (from minutes to years.