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Earth System Science in
the Community
Earth’s Dynamic Geosphere
Chapter 1: Volcanoes and Your Community
Earth’s Dynamic Geosphere Module
Volcanoes and Your
Community
Plate Tectonics and Your
Community
Earthquakes and Your
Community
Getting Started:
Earth Systems
Chapter Activities
1. Where are the Volcanoes?
2. Volcanic Landforms
3. Volcanic Hazards: Flows
4. Volcanic Hazards: Airborne Debris
5. Volcanoes and the Atmosphere
6. Volcanic History of Your Community
7. Monitoring Active Volcanoes
Where are the Volcanoes?
Understand that most volcanism occurs
beneath the ocean.
Volcanic Landforms
Understand basic relationships between magma
composition and type of volcano formed.
Volcanic Hazards: Flows
Measure and understand how volume, temperature,
slope, and channelization affect the flow of fluids.
Volcanic Hazards: Airborne Debris
Interpret maps and graph data from past volcanic
eruptions to understand the range in scale of volcanic
eruptions.
Volcanoes and the Atmosphere
Understand that gases are dissolved in magma and
emitted during volcanism.
Volcanic History of Your Community
Interpret geologic maps to search for evidence
of volcanism.
Monitoring Active Volcanoes
Understand that volcanoes go through changes that can
be monitored prior to an eruption.
Completing the Chapter Challenge
EarthComm students share the results of their
inquiry in and beyond the classroom.