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2006-08-04 11:43:08 · 21 answers · asked by SweetBrunette 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
it is an opening in the earth's surface , surrounded by an accumulation of ejected material, called a mountain or hill, from which heated matter was or is ejected, depending on whether it is dormant or active.
2006-08-12 00:51:01 · answer #1 · answered by Featherman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Ilse of Surtsey, near Iceland, didn't exist until 1963. A volcano under the sea erupted causing an island covering 2.4 Km to grow. The highest point is 170m above the sea.
Surtsey is the Icelandic god of fire.
In 1815 the Indonesian volcano Tambora erupted ejecting 180 cubic kilometers of rock and creating a caldera 6 Km across.
The largest caldera on earth is lake Toba in Indonesia which is 50km by 20 Km.
Mount Etna, on the Isle of Sicily, has erupted at least 400 times in the last 2,500 years. It is Europes most continuously active volcano.
When Krakatau, Indonesia, erupted in 1883 the explosion was so loud it was heard 5000 miles away in Australia.
Mount St. Helens, USA, erupted on May 18 1980 killing 63 people and smashing more than 500 square Km of forests.
In 1792 Mount Unzen, Japan, killed 15 000 people. It killed 38 more in 1991 even though it's eruption was expected. They had gone to watch it!
ParicutÃn volcano started growing in a farmers field in 1943. In a week it had reached a height of 150m. It was active until 1952 by which time it was 2770m high.
Many of the worlds geographic features are caused by volcanos. Edinburgh Castle, Scotland is built on an exstinct volcano, The Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland is made of volcanic basalt, Crater Lake in Oregon, USA, is a caldera 600m deep and the wildlife reserve at Ngorongoro, Tanzania is also in a caldera.
2006-08-12 04:52:51 · answer #2 · answered by cathryncsck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 points
2006-08-04 11:49:14 · answer #3 · answered by vanessa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where molten rock ,created by the friction of tectonic plates in the earths crust , has found the easiest route to the surface. if there's too much pressure created, it bursts through it's mouth.
That's if it's active.
Or it could be what Mr Spock uses to travel the amazon river.
i'm not really sure. sorry.
2006-08-12 02:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Earth pimple
2006-08-12 11:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by cave dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An eruption of melted rock and gas forced up out of the earth via a hole by underground pressure.
2006-08-04 11:47:13 · answer #6 · answered by LL 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it look like a cone. it erupts lava. it is very dangerous. it can kill u and burn u wit one touch. the lava can melt everything. in the volcano lava is call magma when it inside of the volcano. that is a volcano.
2006-08-11 08:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Hyphy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pressure in the earths core building up until it finds a weakness in the earths crust and comes erupting out, or something like that. :)
2006-08-11 08:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by Roel M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a Darth Vader maker
2006-08-04 11:47:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Earth pimple
2006-08-04 11:48:50 · answer #10 · answered by not at home 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋