Volcanoes
A volcano is an opening where gas and rocks come onto the earth’s surface. There are many different volcanoes and many interesting facts to read about. Read on to learn more about volcanoes.
Volcanoes are caused by plates colliding. There are different type of volcanoes such as Shield Volcanoes and Dome Volcanoes. The rocks on volcanoes are called igneous rock. One type of lava is called basalt it always black or gray. Smoke and gas from a volcano is called tumarole if you smell it you can get sick or die.
Did you know:
The name volcano came the god Vulcan, they thought it was where he started his fire.
Another way of saying volcano is “glowing avalanche.”
The top of some volcanoes have depressions called calderas.
Volcanoes lava can go as fast as 30 miles per hour.
Older volcanoes do less damage than younger ones.
Mount Fuji, a volcano in Japan is 12, 375
high.
