SCIENCE:
Many people have never seen a volcano in real life so they all imagine the Hollywood type volcanoes that a massive in size and spray out gallons upon gallons of burning lava. Yes this is a type of volcano but in the real world there are many other shapes and sizes of volcanoes. Volcanoes are formed or grown when hot material called magma that is rising from underground and leaking through the crust. Eventually, but not every single time, the magma chamber will fill up and erupt onto the surface. Another way volcanoes can explode is when an earthquakes along with rising magma levels can often trigger an eruption. Plate tectonics hold a layer of rigid material composed of outer later and crust together. Sometimes when these plates shift enough pressure will have built up and will cause an eruption.
There are three common types of volcanoes cinder cone, composite and shield. The “Hollywood” type of volcano fits under the category of
Illustrated in the figure composite volcanoes have moderately steep sides and sometimes have small craters in their summits. Volcanologists call these composite volcanoes because they consist of layers of solid lava flows mixed with layers of sand or gravel
like volcanic rock called cinders, other wise known as volcanic ash.
Next we have the shield volcano.
The islands of Hawaii are simply large shield
volcanoes. Shield volcanoes have low slopes and consist almost entirely of frozen lavas. They almost always have large craters at their summits.
Finally we have the cinder cone volcano.
These volcanoes consist almost entirely of loose, grainy cinders, or volcanic ash, and contain almost no lava. They are small volcanoes, usually only about a mile across and up to about a thousand feet high. They have very steep sides and usually have a small crater on top.
Many of us understand how flowers grow but lets just take a quick second and refresh our knowledge.The plant life cycle starts with a seed; every seed holds a miniature plant called the embryo.When a seed falls on the ground, it needs warmth and water in order to germinate; some seeds also need light.n order to complete the flower life cycle stage of growth, plants have to produce their own food. This process is called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis, the process of capturing light energy and converting it to sugar energy. Respiration, the process of burning sugars to give energy for growth, reproduction, and other life processes. Transpiration, the loss of water vapor through the stomata of leaves. Finally in order to continue the species of flower they must reproduce. Then bugs such as bees and the wind will carry flowers pollen and seeds to other places and “plant” these seeds to grow and start their own cycle.
ART:
The area of art my project addresses is the artist G. Brad Lewis who photographs volcanos in Hawaii. He risks his and his cameras life in order to get the shot. He takes photos of mainly Kilauea which is the most active volcano on the Earth. On his website volcanoman.com he says ” chasing the liquid light has been an exciting passion.” In 1982 he took a two week trip to Hawaii to see Kilauea Island and was immediately hooked. Kilauea began to continuously erupt soon after he arrived and he knew that he had to stay and take this opportunity of photographing ongoing creation and growth of these volcanoes as the magma dries.
