Volcanoes🌋 Flashcards
Mt St. Helens? How many people killed? Towns up to how many miles away shut down?
57 and 300 miles away
Impacts of volcanic activity? Positive and negative!
Positive Negative
Geothermal energy. Loss of life
Tourism Destruction of things (homes habitats)
Fertile soil. Damage and destruction of crops
Active dormant and extinct?
Active: Has erupted in recent times
Dormant: Hasn’t erupted in over 100 years but might erupt again
Extinct: Has not erupted in historic times and will not erupt in the foreseeable future
Where do they happen?
Constructive and destructive plate boundaries and hot spots
What are two kinds of volcano shapes?
Core shaped and a shield shaped volcanoe
