Thinking About Volcanoes

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Thinking About Volcanoes
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Aims

• to look at and think about a series of volcano
  photos. There are some questions to help you
  think about each photo. Think of some more of
  your own.
• to think about the language we might use to
  describe the landforms and the processes shown in
  the photos. Make a list of suitable verbs (action
  words) and adjectives (describing words) that
  could be used to describe each photo.
• to learn some volcano words to add to our
  vocabulary

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photo 1
Crater Eruption Summit
What is happening in this photo? What is odd
about this volcano? What could happen to all the
snow and ice on this mountain? Write a
description using your words and the volcano
words from the side of the photo.
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photo 2
lava
Is this scene inside or outside of a volcano?
What is happening to the lava? How long will
it take to cool down? Why is there smoke or
steam in the photo? Write a description using
your words and the volcano words from the side of
the photo.
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photo 3
Eruption Ash Disaster Evacuation
The island of Montserrat in the Caribbean.
How deep is the ash in this photo? What effect
might it have had on the people living here? Few
people died in this eruption but it is still a
disaster. Why? Write a description using your
words and the volcano words from the side of the
photo.
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photo 4
Lava flow
As the lava flow moves across the
land?????? Does it destroy everything it
touches? Why? Is there any way that humans can
stop the lava flow? How? Write a description
using your words and the volcano words from the
side of the photo.
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photo 5
Crater Caldera Eruption Island
An unusual photo which shows a volcano within a
volcano plus a lot of water! Can you work out the
sequence of events that has happened here? Write
a description using your words and the volcano
words from the side of the photo