Week of Sept. 3rd
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| Tunguruhua Erupts! This 5,000 meter high volcano located in Ecuador, erupts about once every 90 years! Our Week
Tuesday: Finish Lava Flow Procedure - run first set of trials
Wednesday-Thursday: Review Class Lava Flow Data - run 2nd set of trials
Friday: 1. Wrap of Lava Flow 2. Science is Measurement Quiz
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Sometimes lava is not the only thing that causes fire on our planet! In this picture elk try to avoid this sweeping fire by standing in this river in Montana. Where in the US is another forest fire causing major widespread damage?
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ReplyDeleteThe forest fire looks very deadly, but would a forest fire be more deadly than lava?
ReplyDeleteThe lava would cause more damage than a forest fir but I think the forest fire would be more dangerous.
ReplyDeleteThe lava probably travels slower than the forest fire in Yosemite.
ReplyDeleteAnother widespread fire going on right now in the US is the Rim Fire which is located in California in Stanilaus national forest.
ReplyDeleteI am wondering if a forest fire could be more dangerous than lava or a volcanoe?
ReplyDeleteThe lava would probably cool faster in the water depending on what the temperature of the water is.
ReplyDeleteI think that a forest fire would spread faster than lava because fire catches on things when lava just flows.
ReplyDeleteThe other forest fire that's going on in the U.S. around this time is in Yosemite. This forest fire and the one in Yosemite are very similar due to the fact that they're both very widespread and they're both destroying many habitats.
ReplyDeleteIs the largest volcano in the solar system taller than Mount Everest?
ReplyDeleteI am wondering how a volcano can get that high.
ReplyDeleteI think that that the Rim Fire in Yosemite National park is probably spreading faster than lava from a volcano because lava is slower than a fire and might have trouble catching something on fire in the first place, while fire can spread really fast because the brush and trees are fuel for the fire.
ReplyDeleteWhich causes more destruction, a volcano or a forest fire?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anna, and it depends where you are if fire or lava is more common.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for all the animals that die from these volcanos like St.hellens. 'Washington Department of Game estimated that 11,000 hares, 6,000 deer, 5,200 elk, 1,400 coyotes, 300 bobcats, 200 black bears, and 15 mountain lions died from the pyroclastic flows of the 1980 eruption.'
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ReplyDeleteI think lava would cause more devastation to humans and there lives because it is more random and is hard to predict when a volcano will erupt. People will have less time to get out of the area.
ReplyDeleteanother place in the U.S. that a fire has broken out is Yosemite National Park.
ReplyDeleteForest fires can really spread, especially when it is really dry. Lava usually travels slower and spreads less than a forest fire does, but forest fires can usually be more controlled.
ReplyDeleteAfter further research, Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, is 22 km high. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on earth, is only 8 km high.
ReplyDeleteThe Forest fires and lava are both very deadly to humans, plants and animals, but with one is more deadly? I think that lava is more deadly,that is just a guess.
ReplyDeleteI think that maybe a forest fire would be more dangerous than the lava, because I think that it'll spread faster than the lava taking its time moving down the volcano.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the lava would travel slower, but the forest fire might affect the environment more.
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ReplyDeleteThere is another wild fire in California. It is in a forest very close to Yosemite park. It has been going on for a while, starting on August 27.
ReplyDeleteI think forest fire would not be as bad. But depending on the temperature near the volcano inside and out, can affect how fast it may flow. Erosion obviously is a big factor, because the angle of the slope may change overtime, which will then affect how fast the lava would flow down the slope.
ReplyDeleteI ready that olympus mon is 3 times the size of mount everest. Also, Wildfires are bad for wildlife but good for plant life because if there are big trees taking up all the nutrients then new things cannot grow. Fires burn those down and give new trees a chance to grow.
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Deleteanother place in the US where a forest fire is spreading is in Yosemite.
ReplyDeleteThe lava would be more deadly to humans than a forest fire, because we see the forest fire happening and we can try to put it out or contain it, but with volcanoes you don't have time to see when it starts and you can't contain the lava because the temperature is too hot
ReplyDeleteThere is a large forest fire going on in a large part of Yosemite national park in California.
ReplyDeleteAs of today the Yosemite fire is 80% contained
ReplyDeleteOlympus Mons is 22 km (14m) tall. It also has a diameter of 500 km. Scientists estimate that the last eruption was 25 million years ago.
ReplyDeleteRight now there is a forest fire in Yosemite National Park, I think this is very dangerous and it could also kill people.
ReplyDeleteAccording to the Weather Channel (as of Sept. 3) the fire chief says that they have not figured out what started the fire. They are saying that the fire started in an illeagal marijuana grow.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.weather.com/news/yosemite-wildfire-update-weather-helps-firefighters-battling-blaze-20130903
There is currently a wildfire in Yosemite California that is supposed to end near the 12th and it has ruined 370 square miles of land.
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ReplyDeleteThere is a forest fire happening right now in the Yosemite National Park (California). It continues to spread everyday and is estimated to continue spreading and burning the national park until the end of the month. As of now it has burned 370 square miles of the park.
ReplyDeleteHow long would it take to climb the volcano in Mars?
ReplyDelete370 square miles of land have been destroyed by the fire in Yosemite.
ReplyDeletethe white over the Tunguruhua volcano is ash because the eruption causes flakes of ash to form ash clouds.
ReplyDeleteIt would take you approximately 5 days to walk op Mon Olympus. 550/120(walk in a day) 4.58 days if you walked for 24 hours
ReplyDeleteforest fires most likey travail faster than lava so i feel bad for the elk in thr river
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