Find the Ring of Fire.Volcanic eruptions volcanic eruptions discharging of fumes, dust and lava from volcanoes. They have damaging potential in addition to those of being physically overpowering by the lava flow or the ash or dust fallout. can be spectacular--but also deadly. A volcano is an opening in the Earth's surface Noun 1. Earth's surface - the outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" surface through which red-hot lava (melted rock) and gases spew into the air. Most volcanoes are located where the large, rigid plates that make up the Earth's surface move toward each other and collide. Some eruptions have been so violent that entire towns have been wiped out, and thousands of people have died. In ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. , a volcanic eruption destroyed the entire city of Pompei (pahm-PAY) in 79 A.D. The word volcano comes from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. Volcanoes are found on every continent. But the largest number are located along a belt known as the Ring of Fire, which circles the Pacific Ocean (see map). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The map shows the location of major volcanoes. * Study the map, then answer the questions. You may need an atlas for some of the country names. * It is not possible to show the location of every volcano. Iceland, for example, has more than 30 active volcanoes. QUESTIONS 1. What does each red dot on the map indicate? -- 2. What country, located just east of China, has several major volcanoes? -- 3. Can you name the volcanic islands located on the equator just west of Ecuador? -- 4. What island country, southeast of Australia, is located on the Ring of Fire? -- 5. Which northern European island country has a large number of volcanoes? -- 6. Which ocean borders the coast of South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. that has many volcanoes? -- 7. Which U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and has a long chain of volcanic islands? -- 8. Africa's Lake Victoria is closest to which latitude and longitude latitude and longitude Coordinate system by which the position or location of any place on the Earth's surface can be determined and described. Latitude is a measurement of location north or south of the Equator. lines on the map? -- 9. In which region of the continental U.S. are most volcanoes located? -- 10. The map shows several volcanoes in which Mediterranean country (the site of ancient Pompei)? -- GeoSkills, p. 20 1. Location of major volcanoes 2. Japan 3. Galapagos Islands 4. New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. 5. Iceland 6. Pacific Ocean 7. Alaska (Aleutian Islands) 8. 0[degrees] latitude, 30[degrees]E longitude 9. Pacific or West Coast 10. Italy |
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