volcanoes

This book examines the formation and eruption of volcanoes and describes the damage they can cause.

What causes a volcano to erupt? How do scientists study volcanoes? Where have the most destructive eruptions occurred? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this media enhanced book.

Everyone evacuated Mount St. Helens, which had been signalling a coming volcanic eruption, except an elderly man who considered the mountain home.

Photographs and test explain the causes and effects of volcanoes and earthquakes and examine specific occurences throughout history.

Includes ideas, materials and information centered around event based science.

Looks at the science of volcanoes and volcanic eruptions, highlighting such major disasters as Tambora and Montserrat.

Explores volcanoes and what causes them to erupt. Discusses lava, pyroclastic materials, and the Ring of Fire. Also weathering and erosion, including processes such as frost wedging, exfoliation and thermal expansion, and chemical weathering.