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    Sink or Float

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    sink and things that float? Investigating Science Through Inquiry Physical Science: Sink or Float? © 2006 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved. 1 Things That Float Things That Sink 2 SHAMPOO Rubber Band Orange Lava Rock Marble Nail Paperclip Pencil Carrot Leaf Soap Sponge Rock Stick or Twig Sinker Rubber Ducky N GO D WE TR U S CRAYON I LIBERTY 1959 Apple Penny 3 Crayon CONDITIONER Boat

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    Mt Etna

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    explosive eruptions sometimes with minor lava flows‚ usually from one or more of the three main summit craters 2. Flank vents with higher lava flow rates – these are less frequently active and originate from fissures that open down from the summit 2001 eruption causes: complex flank eruption where all four summit craters produced spectacular and powerful activity‚ ranging from mild‚ persistent‚ slow (strombolian) activity‚ to high-energy explosive episodes. Lava flowed from all four summit craters as

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    into the city of Los Angeles‚ California. The evaporating of harmful gases‚ earthquakes‚ and some evidences from the manhole are the manifestations showed that an underground volcano was forming under the city. This means that there was already lava under the city and the ground cannot take the pressure anymore so it formed a volcano. The physical changes in the movie are the breaking of glasses from buildings‚ breaking of buildings‚ cracking of the ground‚ boiling of water from the pond‚

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    Most people are unfamiliar with the positives of Volcanoes. Volcanoes do cause destruction to people’s houses (and other things) but‚ the ash‚ rocks‚ lava‚ etc. improves the landscapes and the environment. It also makes great soil for farming‚ crops‚ and tilling. They are improving the natural scenery of the land and creating food and work for the people. The volcanoes affect the land in a good way because it is helping to improve our environment/earth. Nowadays‚ people don’t see difference

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    have little gas build-up and little pyroclastic outbursts‚ these volcanoes can be extremely dangerous. Quiet eruptions and large amounts of fast‚ runny lava

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    volcanoes

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    whereby the flow of superheated lava over the area surrounding an erupted volcano changes the form of some of the existing rock from both sedimentary and igneous rocks into a metamorphic rock such as is the case with some forms of granite. PARTS OF A VOLCANO cross-section through a stratovolcano(vertical scale is exaggerated): 1. Large magma chamber2. Bedrock3. Conduit (pipe)4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11

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    A volcano is an opening in the earth ’s surface through which lava‚ hot gases‚ and rock fragments erupt. These openings are formed when melted rock from deep in the earth build up around the opening‚ and form mountains. When these openings erupt they shoot out huge fiery clouds over the mountain‚ and spew glowing rivers of melted lava down their sides. In some eruptions‚ red-hot ash and cinders shoot out the mountaintop‚ and large chunks of hot rock are blasted high into the air. Only a few spectacular

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    CINDER CONE VOLCANO The cinder cone volcano‚ commonly found in volcanic areas‚ are constructed of rocks and ashes. Gas created from the lava is blown into the air which then “cools and solidifies as small rocks or cinders”. Cinder cone eruptions “take place in basaltic volcanic fields” that immensely effect the human population surrounded by it. Cinder cone eruptions majorly impact the environment by distributing volcanic gases‚ volcanic landslides and blasting tephra. One of the long-term impacts

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    Volcanic Hazards

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    To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of volcanic hazards? (40 marks) A volcanic hazard is a situation that poses a threat to life‚ the environment‚ and infrastructure after a volcanic eruption. Volcanoes are formed at various plate boundaries‚ such as at mid oceanic ridges where plates are moving apart‚ for example at the Mid Atlantic ridge. They also occur on or near subduction zones. The ‘ring of fire’ tends to be where the most violent volcanic activity occurs.

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    National Parks Assignment

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    honored as a World Heritage site." These Volcanoes are a National Park System because even if man tried to touch this land‚ it would all be melted by the burning lava. It isn’t possible for man to ruin the nature of these volcanoes. There is no need for protection because nature acts on its own creating these lava flows. Besides for the lava‚ the park includes the hawaiian culture‚ animals and foods that grow on the Islands. People believe the reason it is kept protected and is an importance to america

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