Joe's Volcano Site.

 
 

    When rocks deep inside the mantle melt they form magma.  When the magma rises through the crust it forms a volcano.  The magma spews out and the magma turns into lava.  When lava cools it forms new rock over there area.  Lots of the lava cools when it hits the ocean.
    Volcanoes erupt in different ways.  When plates collide they form mountains this is because they are on plate boundaries.  Plate boundaries are always moving.  This is also how earthquakes occur.
    Volcanoes can be very dangerous.  Lava will melt anything when it touches it.  All of the debris that flies all over is dangerous as well.  Volcanoes that have erupted have destroyed whole civilizations.  Those are just some of the reasons that you should stay away from active volcanoes that are ready to erupt.

    Mt. Vesuvius

Mt. Saint Helens

    Hazards

    Causes of eruptions

    Signs of an Eruption