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Environment & Society: Geography Department Megan Dunlop (8R) Megan’s volcano was dou- ble sided, having a 3 Dimen- • About 1,900 volca- noes on Earth are considered to be ac- tive and could erupt Paul Wylie (8R) again at any time Paul had an ingenious idea to make his volcano model • 350 million or 1 in 20 from strips of fabric which people live in a dan- were glued to a dome base ger zone around a giving a suitable shape to volcano form this shield volcano. • The worlds largest sional model on one side volcano is Mauna Loa SUMMER 2014 and a detailed 2 dimen- in Hawaii, standing at sional labelled cross section 4,169m on the other side. • The soil near volca- noes is fertile and rich, which is why some people set up homes on the slopes of volcanoes. Megan McKay (8H) Unscramble the following words to test your volcano Megan’s volcano was a knowledge: stunning success with a 3- 1. OECR To top it all of, we were dimensional with an amaz- 2. NTEMA able to watch it erupt ing cross section to illus- 3. UTSCR trate the layers in a com- 4. TVCAEI A Volcanic Eruption! posite volcano. 5. EAPSTL 6. CLVOONA 7. AALV 8. OPNTREIU 9. MATONDR 10. NTNAOMUI MANT 10. MOUNTAIN 7. LAVA 8. ERUPTION 9. DOR- 4. ACTIVE 5. PLATES 6. VOLCANO 1. CORE 2. MANTLE 3. CRUST 85