INTERESTING VOLCANO-FACTS!

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1) 90% of all volcanoes exist within the Ring of Fire

along the Pacific Ocean!




2) Flowing lava can reach 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit!




3) In 1883, an eruption was heard 2,908 miles away

from its source!




4) 260,000 people have died in the past 300 years

because of eruptions




5) Shooting lava can reach heights of 25 miles!




6) These mountainous structures get their name from the a

Roman god called "Vulcan"




7) Magma (underground molten rock) contains three

major gases:

1. water vapor

2. sulfur dioxide

3. carbon dioxide




8) Mount Etna has erupted at least 190 times!




9) Magma can not melt a diamond!




10) Yellow Stone National Park, in the USA, has one of

the largest volcanic craters in the world! It is 40 miles

across!









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