Active volcanos in the world 14th April 2010

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•Nowadays there are nine active volcanos in the world.

•The last volcano that erupted is in Iceland, and it is called Eyjafjallajökull.

•The craters of the volcano opened in the early morning of 14 April and airports in Europe closed.

VolcanosWhen volcanos erupt first comes anEarthquake, then a hole on the earth and

then a loud noise.Volcanos produce high columnsof smoke and they can be seen far away.

Lava, rocks and toxic gases come out of the volcano. It is very dangerous but spectacular

Volcanos can erupt under the sea and they can form islands.

Craters are wide and they can be full of water or snow.

The highest volcano in the world

• This is the Ojos del Salado volcano.• It is the highest active volcano in the world, it is 6891 metres high. • It is set in los Andes mountains, in Chile. It can be visited.• It last erupted i 1873 and in 1993 smoke and few lava came out.

Volcanos in Europe

Etna volcano is in the East coast of Sicily island, next to Italy.It is the largest active volcano in Europe and it is 3,329  metres high.Only one volcano in Spainsurpasses it. Do you know its name?Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world

Tenerife island, Spain

• Can you see the volcano? What’s his name?

Teide volcanoTeide volcano is in the Canary Islands, in Tenerife.

It is 3718 metres high. It is higher than Etna.

It is an inactive volcano but you can not visit it.

Volcanos in Catalonia

• Croscat volcano is in Olot, La garrotxa. It is the highest volcano in Spain, It is 786 metres high above the sea and 160 metres high on the earth and 350 metres wide.

• Next to it, there is the Santa Margarita Volcano. In this volcano there is a church called Santa Margarita.

• You can visit both volcanos.

Sta Margatita’s church

Sta Margarita volcano

Croscat and Sta Margarita

Croscat volcano

Questions

• Which materials come out of a volcano?• What comes first?• Where is the highest volcano in the world? • What’s his name?• Can you visit it?• Is the highest volcanoe in Europe in Spain? In

which island?• Can you say two volcanos in Catalonia?• Can you visit them? • What’s inside of one of them?