Volcanoes on the Internet

Record your answers to the questions on notebook paper.

Click on 'What is Volcano World' and then 'Update on Volcanic Activity'.
- Name the latest five volcanic eruptions, the date and the place.
Click on any red triangle on the volcano map.
- What is the location of this volcano?
- What is the the elevation?
- When was the last eruption?
Click on 'Volcanoes of the World' and then Exploring.
Click on the map of North America.
Click on California.
Click on a volcano in California.
- Where is the volcano located?
- What is it's name?
- List three facts about the volcano.
Click on 'Volcanic Parks and Monuments'
Click on Hawaii Volcanic national Park.
- List three facts about this park.
Click on 'Learning about Volcanoes'
Click on Volcano Facts and then on Largest Explosion.
- What does VE1 mean?
- Name the five most explosive eruptions.
Click on 'Ask a Volcanologist'.
Then click on Volcano folklore and then Pele's legend.
- What is the story of Pele?
- Click on another question which interests you. Write out the question and the answer.
Click on 'Volcano News' and then Studying and Predicting Eruptions.
- Read this article and give a brief summary.
Go back to any Volcano World page of interest to you. Record what you find out about volcanoes. Try to answer the following three questions in your pursuit of information!
- What can you find out about Mt. St. Helens?
- Which volcano is most likely to erupt in the near future?
- Which volcano has a lava flow whic resembles the hair of an Hawaiian goddess?

Updated 11/14/96