Volcanos

Volcanos

What is a volcano?
1. A mountain or hill having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are or have been..
Which boundaries are they found?
1. Constructive
2. Destructive
What to do when describing pattern & location
1. Direction
2. Scale
3. Plate Names
Predict / Prepare / Respond
1. Predict
  1. Gas Emissions
  2. Thermal Monitoring
  3. Ground Deformation
  4. Satellites
2. Respond
  1. Evacuate
  2. Provide shelter for homeless people
  3. Bombs and Water
3. Prepare
  1. Hazard Mapping
  2. Evacuation Plans
  3. Encourage people to keep emergency aid
  4. Diversion channels
  5. Educate
  6. Exclusions zones
  7. Sloping roofs
Effects
1. Hazards
  1. Ash Fall
  2. Pyroclastic Flow
  3. Volcanic gases
  4. Lava Flows
  5. Tephra
  6. Lahar & Landsllide
2. Primary
  1. Deaths / Injury / Damage to buildings / Crops & livestock destroyed / Roofs collapsing / Damage to Infrastructue
3. Secondary
  1. Death / Homelessness / Unemployment / Cost of damage / Tourism / Crop failure (years )
Why do people live near hazards?
1. Farming
2. Beauty
3. Energy
4. Tourism
5. Precious Stone

Resource summary

	Created by Laura Penk over 11 years ago