Question

Select a volcano in the world to research. Use at least 4 resources. Site your resources. Write 2 paragraphs (5-6 sentences per paragraph) with information on your volcano. Include the following information: The location of your volcano including the continent and country where it is located. What cities, towns or human populations are nearby

Answer 1

Answer:

Cuexcomate volcano

Explanation:

The Cuexcomate Volcano

The Cuexcomate is considered the smallest volcano on the planet, or at least in the continent of North America, but it surely is the only volcano on Earth tath has a staircase inside of it that allows people to get to the bottom of it! It is located in the middle of the city of Puebla, Mexico. Its weight is approximately 40 metric tons, its height is just  13 meters (43 feet) and its diameter is only 23 meters (75 feet). Its name comes from the Nahuatl (the native language of the region) "Cuexcomac" which means bowl or place for putting things. Currently, it is considered inactive.

Cuexcomate is a very famous tourist attraction in the city of Puebla. It is a beautiful small park where visitors can go down its staircase and enjoy (once your eyes adapt to the darkness) the fresh temperature, its unique vegetation that grows inside and the peaceful sound of the artificial water fountain. Even Though now it is been used as a park or tourist attraction, it had very different purposes in the past: during the pre-Columbian era, the natives took advantage of its low temperature to store inside of it different kind of food such as grains (that is the reason of its name "bowl") Later during the Spanish colony it was used as disposal for human bodies of suicidal people because they thought that it would lead them directly to hell, where they thought they should belong.

It doesn't matter the human purpose for this tiny volcano, whether as a park, storage unit or some kind of cemetery, it is a beautiful creation of nature that can amaze everyone who visits it.

Resources

1. https://geo-mexico.com/?p=883
2. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cuexcomate-volcano
3. https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1242-did-you-know-the-world-s-smallest-volcano-is-in-puebla-mexico
4. http://www.aroundthisworld.com/cuexcomate-smallest-volcano-world-puebla-mexico/

Answer 2

Answer:

THE 1883 KRAKATOA VOLCANIC ERUPTION

Resources:

1. Mary Bagley, “Krakatoa Volcano: Facts About 1883 Eruption,” LiveScience (September 14, 2017).

2. Simon Winchester, Krakatoa – The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (New York: HarperCollins, 2003).

3. How Volcanoes Work: Krakatau, Indonesia (1883), Department of Geological Sciences – San Diego State University.

4. Volcano.oregonstate.edu › krakatau

(Krakatau | Volcano World | Oregon State University)

Explanation:

The island of Krakatau is located in Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. It is part of the Indonesian Island Arc. Volcanic activity is due to subduction of the Indo-Australian tectonic plate as it moves northward toward mainland Asia. The Krakatoa island is found to be about 3 miles wide and 5.5 miles long (9 by 5 kilometers). As at the time of this eruption in 1883, the region was part of the Dutch East Indies; it’s now part of Indonesia. Location: Krakatoa, Anak Krakatau Island, Pulau, South Lampung Regency, Lampung, Indonesia, Asia.

In August 1883, the eruption of Krakatoa, (or Krakatau), was one of the most deadly volcanic eruptions of modern history ever recorded. It is estimated that more than 36,000 people died. The deaths recorded were as a result of the thermal injury from the blasts. Also, the victims were of the tsunamis that followed the fall of the volcano into the caldera below sea level. The temperatures dropped all over the world and the climate was affected because the eruption was so terrible.