Volcano Inside
Heat and expanding trapped gas build pressure in a magma chamber; that pressure forces magma up a vent, and more stored pressure produces a bigger eruption.
Earth ScienceAges 9-13~8 min🎙️ Voice tutor
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What your child will figure out
- Locate the magma chamber in Earth's crust and connect it to the crater through the main vent.
- Manipulate heat and trapped gas to make chamber pressure and magma height change together.
- Predict and compare gentle and large eruptions from the amount of stored pressure.
- Transfer the pressure model to a volcano with a broader, lower-resistance vent.
The levels
- Inside the mountain
Find the crustal chamber, main vent, and rock layers.
- Wake it gently
Build moderate pressure, predict magma height, and make a gentle eruption.
- Make the big one
Store more pressure than before and produce a visibly larger eruption.
- Wide-vent transfer
Tune a gentle eruption in a volcano whose broad vent releases pressure more easily.
Ready when they are.
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