Volcanoes - By Cleo

Volcanoes

A volcano is an opening usually in a mountain. Whenever a volcano erupts, it lets out hot magma,
gas, and lava. Volcano eruptions can cause Tsunamis, Flash Floods, and Earth Quakes.
When eruptions happen, they can knock out entire forests. This is also known as a “Wildfire”.

Volcanoes are formed when magma from Earth’s Crust makes its way to the surface, Tech
Tonic plates create Magma as it melts, causing magma inside the volcano to build up inside of it.
Another name for magma is more popularly known as lava.

Volcanoes are classified as three different types which are, Active, Dormant, and Extinct.
Active means there has been recent eruptions.
Dormant means they haven’t erupted for a while but could.
And lastly, Extinct means they haven’t erupted for such a long time that they could never erupt again.

The Earth’s Crust is made up of slabs called Tech Tonic plates.
When the Oceanic plates goes underneath the Continental plate, it causes friction.
Which is also known as subduction. This process could also cause Earth Quakes.

Facts about volcanoes. There are 150 010 volcanoes that are currently active and 80 or
more are underwater. The name volcano originated from the God of fire Vulcan in Greek mythology.
The USA comes third in active volcanoes, they are right behind Indonesia which is second and Japan takes
the cake in first place!

Volcanoes are a very interesting topic/subject to research about.
I bet there are loads of undiscovered volcanoes that are waiting to be found.
Overall… I enjoyed this and although volcanoes are dangerous, they are also intriguing landforms.
I would love to see an active volcano erupt.