CAPSULE 2

VOLCANO

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This lesson is about the topic- VOLCANO.
This lesson is about the topic- VOLCANO.
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Brain Teasers are provided for developing concepts
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Brain relaxers are provided for self checking with necessary
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explanation.
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After completing the lesson the learners can recapitulate the lesson
After completing the lesson the learners can recapitulate the lesson
through Test Your knowledge session.
through Test Your knowledge session.

A volcano is a rupture on 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
Let us observe the picture and
identify the factors involved in the
creation of volcano

Picture of factors causing volcano

Look at fig1 in which different factors are involved in the creation of
volcano. Volcanoes are caused by multiple factors. from the figure
identify the various factors involved in the creation of volcano
Fig.5

Spreading plate margin,subducting plate

margin etc are the causes for volcano.

DEFINING THE TERM VOLCANO

D4

A volcano is a mountain that opens

downward to a pool of molten rock below
the surface of the earth. When pressure
builds up, eruptions occur. Gases and rock
shoot up through the opening and spill over
or fill the air with lava fragments.

A volcano is a rupture on 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

Brain Teaser 2.1

volcanic ash can be a threat to aircraft

No

Refer Brain Relaxer

2.1

Yes

Click here

Earth's volcanoes occur because its crust is

broken into 17 major, rigid tectonic plates that
float on a hotter, softer layer in its mantle.
Therefore, on Earth, volcanoes are generally
found where tectonic plates are diverging or
converging

Clearly read the story and think for a while

Here is the story of a volcano
Hi , I am a silent conical mountain to look at ,but my interior is full of
lava and poisonous gases that exert pressure on me to come out of it.
I remain dormant for years .But when it becomes very difficult to
suppress my inner pressure all on a sudden it comes out and creates
volcanic eruption which results in many hazards. I feel very sorry for
the whole incident but for my inner pressure to come out and feel
relieved .
Here
i s my
story

Find out
the different steps
involved in the occurrence of
volcanic eruption
Here
are some pictures of
volcanic eruption. Observe the
picture and identify the different
types of volcanic eruption

Here are some pictures of volcano. Observe the picture

Fig.2

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Types

Definition

Stratovolcanoes

Stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes are tall

conical mountains composed of lava flows and other
ejects in alternate layers, the strata that give rise to
the name
A super volcano usually has a large caldera and
can produce devastation on an enormous,
sometimes continental, scale.
Submarine volcanoes are common features of the
ocean floor. In shallow water, active volcanoes
disclose their presence by blasting steam and rocky
debris high above the ocean's surface. In

Super volcanoes

Submarine
volcanoes

Subglacial
volcanoes

Mud volcanoes

Subglacial
volcanoes
develop
underneath
icecaps. They are made up of flat lava which flows
at the top of extensive pillow lavas and palagonite.
When the icecap melts, the lava on top collapses,
leaving a flat-topped mountain
Mud volcanoes or mud domes are formations
created by geo-excreted liquids and gases, although
there are several processes which may cause such
activity. The largest structures are 10 kilometers in
diameter and reach 700 meters high.

ENLARGING THE
DEFINITION

D5

Volcanic
ash
consists
of
powder-size
to
sand-size
particles of igneous rock material
that have been blown into the air
by an erupting volcano

A volcano is a rupture on the crust of a planetarymass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava,
volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma
chamber below the surface. Earth's volcanoes occur
because its crust is broken into 17 major, rigid
tectonic plates that float on a hotter, softer layer in its
mantle.

 Brain Teaser 2.2

Throughout recorded history, ash produced by the
explosive eruption of stratovolcanoes has posed the
greatest volcanic hazard to civilizations.

No

Refer Brain Relaxer

2.2

Yes

Click here

The most common perception of a

volcano is of a conical mountain

DEFINITION

The most common perception of a

volcano is of a conical mountain,
D6 spewing lava and poisonous gases
from a crater at its summit;
however, this describes just one of
the many types of volcano. The
features of volcanoes are much
more
complicated
and
their
structure and behavior depends on a
number of factors

CONCEPT
FORMATION

Volcanic fissure vents are

linear fractures through which
emerges.
C2

flat,
lava

UNIT 2
VOLCANOS

THINKING SESSION

Brain Relaxer 2.1

Ash plumes reached a height of 19 kilometers (12mi) during

the climactic explosive eruption at Mount Pinatubo,
Philippines in 1991.
Cleveland Volcano is in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska
Barren Island, Andaman Islands, India, which erupted in
1995. is the only active volcano in South Asia.

The word volcano is derived from

the name of Vulcano, a volcanic
island in the Aeolian Islands of
Italy whose name in turn
originates from Vulcan, the name
of a god of fire in Roman
mythology.The
study
of
volcanoes is called volcanology,
sometimes spelled vulcanology.

Brain Relaxer 2.2

Look at the Fig. 3

Fig.3

VOLCANO ERUPTING

The number of
people emloed can
be changed by
introducing
machines. But this
may lead to labour
unrest in most of the
situations

Test your knowledge

Say True or False
1-The word volcano is derived from the name of Vulcano

True

False

2-The most common perception of a volcano is of a conical mountain

True

Answer---

False