Project1a
- 1. By: Ane Hidalgo Iraide Perez de Mendiola Ainhize Garcia Alba Rodriguez
- 2. What is a volcano? A volcano is a mountain. Inside a volcano: Inside every volcano there is a deep hole. It goes deep down inside the Earth.
- 3. Volcanoes on land: There are about 500active volcanos on land. Kilauea is an active volcano in Hawaii. This volcano is more active than any other volcano in the world. Arenal is an active volcano in Costa Rica. Mount Fuji in Japan is dormant at the moment. The last time it erupted was in 1707. And they are dangerous too.
- 4. Volcanoes under the sea: The underwater volcanoes can grow so big that islands from. The Galapagos Islands were formed under the sea. There are 13 big islands, 6 smaller islands and lots of tiny islands and rocks.
- 5. A story from the past: Vesuvius is an extinct volcano in Italy. It is a very famous volcano because there was a terrible eruption in the past. One afternoon the people from Pompeii heard a loud noise. They looked up and they saw a cloud of ash shooting out of the top of Mount Vesuvius. Soon afer that, falling rocks started hitting the town. There were huge clouds of gas and ash. People forgot about Pompeii for 1.500 years. But in 1595, people who were diging a well found some old ruins, they were the ruins of Pompeii. Some teams of people came to dig. They found streets, shops and fine houses. There were more excavations from 1863 to 1875. The teams found bronce statues and wonderful paintings.
- 6. A story from the past: Vesuvius is an extinct volcano in Italy. It is a very famous volcano because there was a terrible eruption in the past. One afternoon the people from Pompeii heard a loud noise. They looked up and they saw a cloud of ash shooting out of the top of Mount Vesuvius. Soon afer that, falling rocks started hitting the town. There were huge clouds of gas and ash. People forgot about Pompeii for 1.500 years. But in 1595, people who were diging a well found some old ruins, they were the ruins of Pompeii. Some teams of people came to dig. They found streets, shops and fine houses. There were more excavations from 1863 to 1875. The teams found bronce statues and wonderful paintings.