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Volcanoes Plate Tectonics
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Contents
What is a volcano?Why do volcanoes occur?Where are volcanoes found?A case study: Mount St HelensCan eruptions be predicted?Why do people live in volcanic areas?Summary activities
The key concepts covered are:Place, Space and Physical and human processes.
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What is a volcano?What is a volcano?
Know what a volcano is and what happens beneath the surface of a volcano.
Understand about the different types of volcano that exist.
By the end of this section, you will:
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A volcano is an opening, or vent, in the earth’s surface.
Volcanic vent
What is a volcano?
This opening allows molten lava to erupt through it and solidify as igneous rock. Other materials are also ejected.
What happens beneath the surface to cause an eruption?
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Inside a volcano
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Cross section of a volcano
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Cross section of a volcano
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Volcanic production
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Volcanic emissions
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Volcanic emissions
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An active volcano is liable to erupt at any time, e.g. Mt Etna.A dormant volcano has not erupted for years. Mt Pinatubo erupted in 1991 after 500 years of dormancy.
Categorizing volcanoes can be tough. Chaitén in Chile erupted in 2008 for the first time since 7400BC!
Volcano types
There are three different types of volcano. Geographers call the categories active, dormant or extinct.
An extinct volcano has not erupted for a very long time and is unlikely to erupt again, e.g. Edinburgh.
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What type?
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Why do volcanoes occur?
Why do volcanoes occur?
Know more about how plate tectonics cause the formation of volcanoes.
Understand the role destructive and constructive boundaries play in the formation of volcanoes.
By the end of this section, you will:
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The surface of the Earth is covered in plates that are in constant motion.
The motion of the plates can cause problems to the surface of the Earth. Most of these problems occur at plate boundaries.
The vast majority of the Earth’s volcanoes can be found on a plate boundary.
Plate movements
A plate boundary is where the edges of two plates meet.
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Important boundaries
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Destructive plate boundary
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Constructive plate boundary
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Volcanic activity at plate margins
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Where are volcanoes found?Where are volcanoes found?
Be able to recognize the areas of the Earth where volcanoes are usually found.
Know what is meant by the term ‘Ring of Fire’.
Know what is meant by a hot spot volcano.
By the end of this section, you will:
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Where are volcanoes found?
Volcanoes are usually found at plate boundaries.
One area of the world is well-known for the number of volcanoes around it.
This area is known as the ‘Ring of Fire’.
The Ring of Fire is located around the Pacific rim.
Can you think of any volcanoes that are located on the Ring of Fire?
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The Ring of Fire
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The Hawaiian islands are a chain of volcanic islands that are situated in the Pacific Ocean.
Why is this an unusual place for
them to be located?
Hawaii
Why are the Hawaiian islands volcanic?
Most volcanoes are located on plate boundaries. Hawaii is nowhere near a plate boundary.
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Hot spot volcanoes
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A case study – Mount St HelensA case study: Mount St Helens
Have a better understanding of what happened in the Mount St Helens eruption.
Understand what some of the consequences of the eruption were.
Realize what damage the eruption caused.
By the end of this section, you will:
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Mt St Helens – the eruption
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Mt St Helens – consequences of the eruption
The effects of the Mount St Helens eruption were enormous. The pyroclastic surge spread 27km from the volcano and flattened acres of woodland.Ash clouds stretched 26km above sea level.
However, there were some positives.
Some plants and animals were resilient enough to survive.The lack of human interference encouraged nature to spring forth again.
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How great was the damage?
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Back to the future
What does the future hold for Mount St Helens?
Since 1980, there has been more activity on Mount St Helens.
Between 1980 and 1986 a new lava dome was formed.Magma reached the surface of the mountain in October 2004.In 2005, a 36,000 foot plume of steam was emitted. There was also a small earthquake.
It seems likely that Mount St Helens will erupt again in the future. Will we be able to tell when?
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Can eruptions be predicted?Can eruptions be predicted?
Know what a volcanologist does.
Understand some of the difficulties that are associated with predicting volcanic eruptions.
By the end of this section, you will:
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Volcanologists – people who study volcanoes – are skilled at predicting the likelihood of an eruption.
Monitoring potential eruptions is expensive.
The problem of prediction
However, it is difficult to pinpoint when an eruption will happen.
The movement of magma may be detected, but often no eruption occurs. Instead it cools below the surface.
With many volcanoes erupting only every few hundred years, it's not possible to monitor every site.
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Predicting eruptions
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Why do people live in volcanic areas?
Why do people live in volcanic areas?
Know why people are attracted to live near volcanic areas.
Realize some of the pros and cons of living alongside a volcano.
By the end of this section, you will:
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Can you think of any other reasons?
Tourists are attracted to areas of volcanic activity. This provides money for the local economy.
The lava produced by the volcano is weathered (broken down) to form a fertile soil. This is perfect for growing crops.
Geothermal energy can be produced in many volcanic areas.
Why do people live in volcanic areas?
Although volcanic areas are exceptionally dangerous, there are still a lot of people who live in zones that are affected by volcanic eruptions. Why?
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Pros and cons
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Summary activitiesSummary activities
By the end of this section, you will:
Know the key points of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions.
Understand important words and phrases relating to volcanoes.
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Summary quiz
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Glossary
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