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    Volcanoes are formed by magma rising from underground chambers through vents or fractures in the Earth's crust. They have features like craters, lava flows, ash clouds, and conduits that allow magma and gases to escape. The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plate movement causes frequent volcanic activity, with its most notable active volcanoes being Mayon, Taal, Kanlaon, and Bulusan. Volcanic activity can sometimes be predicted based on signs like steaming, ground swelling, and earthquake frequency and intensity.

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    Volcanoes are formed by magma rising from underground chambers through vents or fractures in the Earth's crust. They have features like craters, lava flows, ash clouds, and conduits that allow magma and gases to escape. The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plate movement causes frequent volcanic activity, with its most notable active volcanoes being Mayon, Taal, Kanlaon, and Bulusan. Volcanic activity can sometimes be predicted based on signs like steaming, ground swelling, and earthquake frequency and intensity.

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    Introduction to Volcano

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    Volcanoes are formed by magma rising from underground chambers through vents or fractures in the Earth's crust. They have features like craters, lava flows, ash clouds, and conduits that allow magma and gases to escape. The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plate movement causes frequent volcanic activity, with its most notable active volcanoes being Mayon, Taal, Kanlaon, and Bulusan. Volcanic activity can sometimes be predicted based on signs like steaming, ground swelling, and earthquake frequency and intensity.

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    Volcanoes are formed by magma rising from underground chambers through vents or fractures in the Earth's crust. They have features like craters, lava flows, ash clouds, and conduits that allow magma and gases to escape. The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plate movement causes frequent volcanic activity, with its most notable active volcanoes being Mayon, Taal, Kanlaon, and Bulusan. Volcanic activity can sometimes be predicted based on signs like steaming, ground swelling, and earthquake frequency and intensity.

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    VOLCANOES

    Objectives:

    1. Define Volcano
    2. How Volcanoes are formed
    3. Discover the exact location of
    Volcanoes in the Philippines
    What is a Volcano?

    A vent, hill or mountain from which


    molten or hot rocks with gaseous
    material have been ejected
    What is a Volcano

    Also craters, depressions, hills or


    mountains formed by removal of
    pre-existing material or by
    accumulation of ejected materials
    What is a Volcano?

    a rupture in the crust of a planetary-


    mass object, such as Earth, that
    allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and
    gases to escape from a magma
    chamber below the surface.
    Etymology

    The word volcano is derived from the


    name of Vulcano, a volcanic island in
    the Aeolian Islands of Italy whose
    name in turn comes from Vulcan, the
    god of fire in Roman mythology.
    The study of volcanoes is called
    volcanology, sometimes spelled
    vulcanology.
    A magma chamber is a large pool of
    liquid rock beneath the surface of
    the Earth. The molten rock, or
    magma, in such a chamber is less
    dense than the surrounding country
    rock, which produces buoyant forces
    on the magma that tend to drive it
    upwards.
    How Magma Chambers are formed?

    Most magma chambers form through


    repeated magma injections,
    commonly sills, and gradually expand
    and change their shapes.
    Parasitic Cone

    A small cone-shaped volcano formed


    by an accumulation of volcanic
    debris.
    Sill

    A flat piece of rock formed when


    magma hardens in a crack in a
    volcano.
    Vent

    An opening in Earth's surface


    through which volcanic materials
    escape.
    Flank

    The side of a volcano.


    Lava

    Molten rock that erupts from a


    volcano that solidifies as it cools.
    Crater

    Molten rock that erupts from a


    volcano that solidifies as it cools.
    Conduit

    An underground passage magma


    travels through.
    Summit

    Highest point, the apex


    Throat

    Entrance of a volcano. The part of


    the conduit that ejects lava and
    volcanic ash.
    Volcanic Ash

    Fragments of lava or rock smaller


    than 2 mm in size that are blasted
    into the air by volcanic explosions.
    Ash Cloud

    A cloud of ash formed by volcanic


    explosions.
    How are Volcanoes Formed?

    Volcanoes are formed through


    continuous eruptions
    How to know if a Volcano is “Dead”
    or Inactive?

    If it never erupted for 5000 years


    Are Potential Volcanic Eruptions
    Predictable?

    - Noticeable Steaming or fumarolic Activity


    - Subtle Swelling of the ground Surface
    - An increase in frequency and intensity of
    Earthquakes
    What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

    This is the zone within the Pacific Ocean that covers a collection of moving
    plate edges forming a ring of volcanoes
    Trivia!

    Around 75% of the world’s active and


    dormant volcano are located here
    The Most Active Volcanoes in the
    Philippines are the following:

    Mayon Volcano of Albay


    Taal Volcano in Batangas
    Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Occidental
    Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon

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