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Hot liquid rock _______ from a volcano on Iceland.
Exploded
Once the mountain top was above water, it formed an ______.
Island
And there were flakes falling from the sky. These were not white snowflakes though. The flakes were black. When they _______ my skin, they ____ like sand.
Touched / felt
What happened one ordinary April day in Iceland?
Hot liquid rock exploded from a volcano so there was ash everywhere.
healthy / The ash / makes a / place for / to grow / plants
The ash makes a healthy place for plants to grow.
This volcanoes erruption had a big impact on the _____ people and others around the world.
Local
Mauna Loa continues to be very ______.
Active
Mauna Loa is Hawaii is a shield shaped volcano. It ______ when lava ______ out of an opening on the ocean floor.
Started / poured
What will happen if the plates move far enough apart?
if the plates move far enough apart, magma reaches the Earth’s surface.
roof/ is sweeping / a farmer / ash off / of his / Here
Here a farmer is sweeping ash off of his roof.
Compared to the whole _____, the _____’s crust is thin
Earth/Earth’s
If the lava is stiff, it piles up on the earths surface and forms a cone shaped volcano with ____ sides.
Steep
Once the mountain top was above water, it ______an island.
Formed
If a lot of lava flows out at one spot on the earths surface,…..
If a lot of lava flows out at one spot on the Earths surface, it forms a mountain -a volcano.
covered the / in Iceland, / ash / after the / ground /eruption
After the eruption in Iceland, ash cover the ground.
Lava may have different __________ ,like being runny or stiff.
Properties
Magma may explode into the air. It may flow onto the earths surface when magma flows out it is called____.
Lava
It ___ ______ 39 times since 1832.
Has erupted
Lava may have different properties, like being runny or stiff. ………., it spreads out on the earths surface before it cools and becomes solid.
If the lava is runny
volcano / is the / Earth’s / largest / in Hawaii / Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa in Hawaii is the Earth’s largest volcano.
If the lava is runny, it spreads out on the earth’s surface before it cools and becomes _____.
Solid
The magma exploded into millions of tiny droplets. These cooled and became ___. When’s carried the volcanic ___ across Europe.
Ash / ash
In the fields, though, the grass quickly ____ up healthy and green.
Shot
………, it piles up on the earths surface and forms a cone shaped volcano with steep sides.
If the lava is stiff,
1. the Earth’s/ into plates. / is broken / the ground / Below / and water, crust
2. Plates are / on / the move, / but we / can’t feel it.
3. 6 inches / moves just / each year. / The fastest plate.
Below the ground and water, the Earth’s crust is broken into plates.
Plates are on the move, but we can’t feel it.
The fastest plate moves just 6 inches each year.