Volcano project

 Aim: Is to make a functional and realistic volcano

Team: Lincoln, Chris and Tobey

Method: 750ml Water Bottle, scrunch up balls of paper dipped in PVA glue to shape the volcano then add strips of paper on top, make it smooth and then paint it. Our goal is to make it resemble Olympus Mons on Mars.

Research: Our volcano is on the planet Mars, the reason why we chose it is because it is the biggest volcano in our solar system, it erupted twenty-five million years ago. The volcano is a shield volcano so the magma slowly flows up and flows down the sides of the volcano.

Results: 

Discussion: The difference between lava and magma

Lava: is magma that reaches the surface of our planet through a volcano vent.

Magma: is composed of molten rock and is stored in the Earth's crust

How do volcanos form?

By two tectonic plates crashing together and then one going up. Since magma is under the earth's crust it rises through the volcano becoming lava.

Conclusion: Our volcano eruption worked successfully but it wasn't all that good for me. Next time, I would try to do something more different and try to figure out what makes it erupt better. I found out that the elephant toothpaste is about 100 degrees celsius when the reaction is happening/happened.  

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