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Here are some facts about volcanoes:

  • There are more than 1,500 active volcanoes on earth
  • Some volcanoes are used for electricity by heating weather
  • The largest volcano is Mauna Lao
  • All the lave collected from the 50 eruptions from Kilauea can pave a road 3 times around the earth
  • The pyroclastic plow is the hottest part of a volcano.
  • Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980
  • Alaska, not Hawaii, has the most volcanoes in it
  • The Ring of Fire is not a ring, but more horse-shoe shaped
  • Did you know there are 80 ACTIVE volcanoes under the oceans!
  • The name "volcano" has its origin from the name of Vulcan, a god of fire in Roman mythology.
  • The volcano got its name from a rare breed of parrot, the volcanis poertis, to give it its Latin name.
  • As fearsome that volcanoes are, a volcano has never killed more than 40 people in a single explosion.
  • Most people would say that thousands of people were killed by Vesuvius in Pompeii. Little do they know that Vesuvius actually had hundreds of little explosions, which just seemed to be one large one.
  • There are many stories of men, women and children who have been saved by pandas, orangutans, and even, in one case, a blue whale, all of whom rushed the people to safety after sensing an eruption.
  • Volcanoes can form islands.
  • Volcanoes are formed by convergent tectonic plates.
  • Large eruptions will affect the weather/climate around the world.
  • Ash particles that are thrown up into the atmosphere are good at attracting/collecting water droplets.
  • A problem in Hawaii involves the formation of volcanic fog.
  • Ongoing eruptions are very quiet, with lava flowing through lava tubes and then into the ocean.
  • Rubies and diamonds can be found inside a volcano.
  • Volcanoes are the most destructive of the natural forces, and their effects may be felt world wide, and cause deaths world wide.
  • There is a measure called Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) that lists the historic large volcanic eruptions.
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As volcanoes are subject to sudden explosive eruptions, they are to be avoided. Unfortunately, many people rely on the rich soil surrounding volcanoes for sustenance farming. This puts them at constant risk.

All seven of South America's supervolcanoes lie along the inland border of Chile. North America also has seven supervolcanoes. Central America has only one supervolcano, located in Guatemala.

More information on volcanoes may be found on the usgs.gov website or the volcano.si.edu website.

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1.twenty five people

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they erupt when heat builds up.

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