Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Grade 8: Dante's Peak
This week we travel to a volcano created in Hollywood.
Dante's Peak is a story about the second most desirable city to live in the the U.S. (population under 20,000), and the really, really bad day they have.
Enjoy James Bond and Sarah Connor v. Dante's Peak the composite volcano!
How do scientists monitor volcanoes in the movie?
How does the volcano affect the city of Dante's Peak and the surrounding valley?
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It's hard for me to watch Pierce Brosnan in any other movie, as any other character than James Bond, and the vlocanoe effects are kind of unrealistic because for them to not think that was an active volcanoe and then it does almost everything a volcanoe can do is slightly unbelieveable.
What are some effects of volcanoes?
I like this movie a lot! its really interesting:)
This is really cool movie. I like learning by watching videos, verses reading out of the book. My favorite part so far in the movie was the scientist finding out there was acid in the water.It made the guy's boss realize he was right about the volcano errupting.
how can you tell if a hot spring gets relly hot?
I found it interesting that the acid of the water can rise from a volcano. What would happen if someone drank a high acidic glass of water?
In the movie Dante's Peak the valcano explodes is that true did the valcano explode in real life.
lasers to see if the mountains gets bigger.
It affects the city by: knocking down buildings, starting fires, limits visitation while you're driving, the lava blocks roads, and it made the bodies of water turn acidic.
how can you tell if a volcanois about to erupt?
The scientists in Dante's Peek monitor the volcano using helicopters and seismographs.
Lasers to tell if the volcano is growing.
This is a good movie but the grandma isn't very smart why did she jump out of the boat?
keagan you can tell by looking at it and it would look bubbly because it would be boiling and if its boiling water, then its pretty hot.or you can tell by feeling the ground around the hot spring and it would probably also be warm.
Hour 2
How do scientists monitor volcanoes in the movie?
checking water around volcano
vegetation/animals killed by CO2
temperature
seismographs around volcano
study rocks to see when it was last active
acid level in lakes near volcano
sample lava
robots into crater
measure silica levels
satellite imaging to see if mountain moves
helicopter flight to check on
tilt of the rock layers
towns water supply
check hot springs for temperature
check sulfur
gas readings
type of volcano
sound/wave imaging of magma chamber
lasar beams!
How does the volcano affect the city of Dante's Peak and the surrounding valley?
ash - mclogs engines
pyroclastic flow
bombs
acid in water
lava - burn houses
contaminated/boiling water
PANIC
earthquakes - collapses buildings and bridges
wildlife
mud/acid rain
gases
lightning
darkness
block roads/transportation
mud/landslides
melt glaciers and cause flooding
explosions/fires
power outages
Wouldn't everyone have lung diseases like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? It's a lung disease by inhaling fine silica dust.
Hour 7
How do scientists monitor volcanoes in the movie?
lasars to detect movement
seismographs
test water acidity
tilt meters
robots on the mountain
vegetation/animal die off
SO2 and other gases in air
signs of eruption in crater - smoke/steam
temperature of hot springs
computer imaging of lave chamber
animal precursors
minerals in the rock
pictures over time to show change
heat melting snow cap
earthquake frequency, size, depth
water is gross and green or brown or something not good
past eruptions
compare to other mountains
sample the lava
look for cracking in the mountain or nearby buildings
How does the volcano affect the city of Dante's Peak and the surrounding valley?
ash
lava = hot!
living things get sick or worse
PANIC!
engines get choked
acid in water goes up - no more swimming
mud/landslides
blocks out the sun
temperatures go up before then go down after
destroys habitats
earthquakes
deforestation
acid rain
forest fires
power outages
pyroclastic flow
This movie was AWESOME!!!
So Mr. Hoopman what is the difference between all three of types of volcanoes?
Jericho,
The amount of silica and other compounds that decide how well the lava flows.
If it is low in silica it flows smoothly and can travel farther away from the crater. This causes the volcano to have a wide and low profile.
Some are high in silica and the lava does not flow well, clogging up the crater. This leads to trapped gases withing the volcano which can result in explosive eruptions. These volcanoes have a higher, thinner profile because lava and ash that build the volcano do not flow far.
And some are in betweeners. They dont flow well, but they arent quite so explosive. This often leads to lava shooting from the crater as in the first type, but not flowing far away much like the second type. These form a large cone of cooled cinders and splattered lava.
This movie was really hardcore stuff man. I mean with all the destruction and the volcano blowing up it made me want to promise my self not to live in a state with mountains in it.
What made the lake full of acid
why do you think they have the grandma die that was said :(
what can survive in ash
The movie was cool. The volcano destroyed the town, and afected the life that lived there.
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