Fun Facts

1.     Volcanoes are located all over the world even in Antarctica.

2.     Scientist can tell that a volcano is active by measuring the amount of lava in the volcano

3.     When volcanoes are on an island when they erupt they will cause a tsunami most of the time.

4.      People say if there is snow on top of a volcano it is inactive.  That is not true most volcanoes that do erupt are covered in snow

5.     The most common reason for a volcano erupting is an earthquake.

6.    Nearly   500 active volcanoes.

7. People in the United States are still afraid that today a volcano could hit.

8. In a servey 49 people said that they are afraid of a volcano erupring.

9. When Krakatoas tsunami hit land it was around 12 stories high.

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