McGlinnen Elementary 2nd/3rd Grade Students
Surface changes
home page
fact page
glossary
Volcano pictures
Earthquake pictures
Comparison
linking page
Diagram page
Erosion pictures
Landslide pictures
Volcanoes
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s.
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
volcanoes are dangerous.
Hot liquid rock under the earth.
the word volcano originally comes
from the roman god volcan.
Volcanoes are openings in the earth
surface.
Volcanoes start
avalanches
.
Earthquakes
Earthquakes are dangerous.
Sometimes earthquakes spew lava.
The word earthquake comes from the surface of the earth.
The damage caused by earthquakes also depends on their
depth
and fault type.
Earthquakes start avalanches.