A volcano is a rupture on the crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and

gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

Volcanoes occur because the crust is broken into 17 major tectonic plates
that float on the mantle.

Volcanoes are mostly found where the plates are moving together or
apart.

Volcanoes are formed when magma

from the Earths upper mantle gets to
the surface of the crust.

At the surface, it erupts to form lava

flows and ash deposits. Over time as
the volcano continues to erupt, it will
get bigger and bigger.

Cinder Cone: Steep cone shaped hill with straight sides, small; less than
300 meters high, very explosive

Shield Volcano: Curves outward, gentle slopes, large; tens of kilometers

across, fluid lava, quiet eruptions

Stratovolcano: Gentle lower slopes, steep upper slopes; concave upward,

large; 1-10 km in diameter, numerous layers of lava, explosive

Mount Vesuvius

Kranata

Mount St. Helens

Thera

Nevado del Ruiz

http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii

Factors that aid in the development of volcanoes are:

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

Students

Volcanologist

Structural Geologists

Geophysicists

Seismologists

Video footage of an eruption

Billboards

Images

Symbols

Landmarks

Tsunami

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Earthquakes

Plate Tectonics

Eruptions

Dormant, Extinct, or Active

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano

http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/geo/volcanoes/volcano_type.htm

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm

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