Monday, March 19, 2012

Volcanoes- THE SEA


  •  Hawaii's largest volcano has been erupting frequently since 1983 adding an extra 200 acres of land to Hawaii.
  • The Galapagos islands were actually built off the deep sea volcanoes
  • They grew to be so tall, that they ended up crashing down to the sea.
  • Volcanic activity can cause an earthquake depending on the amount of magma being pumped into the ocean.
  • Volcanic activity will end up eating up and renewing the ocean floor
  • Volcanoes can create a deep sea desert, large vast amounts of ocean floor.
  • 80 % of volcanoes on earth are found underwater
  • Volcanoes proven to be one of the major theories of life evolution.


Realms of The Sea: Mary B. Dickinson
Publisher: National Geographic Company



Chapter 2: Deep Ocean, helped me on my research because it provided additional information about volcanic eruptions that help the environment under the water.  One thing I learned from reading this chapter in the book was that, some habitats are provided to special types of shrimp that thrive off the environment.  The chapter was mainly about types of species that live in the deep sea, and mentioned little about volcanoes.  I didn't find this book helpful to me because I felt that it lacked important information that I could have used.  

1 comment:

  1. you made some good points here such as, Hawaii's largest volcano has been erupting frequently since 1983 adding an extra 200 acres of land to Hawaii, and They grew to be so tall, that they ended up crashing down to the sea. I agree with them because the are important things that will help you get a very good grade on your project. And will help you understand more about the volcanos.

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