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Mind Map by hammyp992531, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by hammyp992531
almost 11 years ago
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Volcanoes
- How?
- Hot magma under the earth's crust
- Tectonic plates move past each other and disrupt the
magma which rises up to the surface at a particularly
weak part of the crust
- Volcanoes appear where tectonic plates meet
- Volcanoes can spew out
lava, hot ash, steam and
smoke
- Hot magma under the earth's crust
- Predictions?
- Geologists study volcanoes and the earths crust
to try and guess when an eruption will take place
- Warnings
- Increase in volcanic
temp
- High levers of sulphur near volcano
- Minor earthquakes take place
- Increase in volcanic
temp
- Geologists study volcanoes and the earths crust
to try and guess when an eruption will take place
- Advantages
- Brings in tourists to
see the dramatic
scenery
- Very nutrient soil is very
good for crops
- Very good place for the
renewable source of
geothermal energy
- Brings in tourists to
see the dramatic
scenery
- Disadvantages
- Volcanoes can
cost lives
- Landscapes can be lost or
damaged forever
- The ash mixed with rain can
create mudslides
- Volcanoes can
cost lives
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