Mount Vesuvius by Isaiah TRUONG https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx The history of Pompeii and how the Volcano killed over 1,000 people en-us 2017-09-15 04:33:28 UTC 2025-03-14 08:31:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Causes of Vesuvius tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212498
  • Mt. Vesuvius lies around 250km north of the border of the African (south) and the eurasian (north) plates which is a trenching intersection, hence Vesuvius was created because when the to plates shift into each other, forming a spike in the earth with an opening leading deep under ground
  • The most violent eruptions occur on trenching plates
  • An earthquakes shakes the ground vigorously, causing the magma to 'spew' upward, pushed by gas (bubbles) .
  • There was no previous word for Volcano before this incident. The local Romans thoughgft it was a regular mountain. 
  • When beneath the surface, the molten rock is called magma. When it reaches the surface, it erupts as lava, ash and volcanic rocks. With each eruption, rocks, lava and ash build up around the volcanic vent. The nature of the eruption depends on the viscosity of the magma.

    • ]]>     2017-09-17 10:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212498     Impacts of Vesuvius tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212512 The eruption took place in August, 24th, 79 c.e and it destroyed the towns Herculaneum and Stabiae as well as Pompeii. Although the volcano was located about twelve miles north of Pompeii, the eruption was aided by strong winds which caused tons of fiery ash and to rain down upon Pompeii and its neighbouring towns.
     Pliny the Younger, who was an eyewitness, described the event in letters he wrote which were founded. Pliny wrote how the volcano discharged "flashes of fire as vivid as lightning" and produced "darkness more profound than night."

    The main cause of death for the victims was not from the tremendous heat and magma, but from asphyxiation. Most of the victims chocked to death and if they didn't they were buried with 8 ft high, 300º celcius ash along with the buildings. If the buildings weren't buried then they would have suffered the tremendous Earth quake which would've turn it all into nothing but rubble and ruins.
    ]]>     2017-09-17 10:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212512     Responses tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212646 None of the Romans knew what this Volcano was. They thought it was some mysterious mountain, In fact 17 years before the Volcano erupted there were several Earth quakes warning everyone that the Volcano would soon be active but they were all oblivious because they had no knowledge of what it was.

    Some of the Romans had created a sequence to when an Earthquake happened because it happened so often. The quakes weren't very strong but they were strong enough too knock things off shelves so when a quake occurred the rich and wealthy Romans would run to their most valuable possessions  and keep them from falling. 

    As for the actual eruption, most of the Romans just ran away as far as they could. Some of them barely escaped and the rest of them were buried in the ash.]]>     2017-09-17 10:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212646     Key terms tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212662 Trenching:  A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully, or ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole).

    Molten Rock: Molten describes an object that's reduced to liquid form by heating

    Magma: Molten rock beneath the ground (in its hottest form)

    Viscosity: How vicious something is; thick, slow flowing
    ]]>     2017-09-17 10:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188212662     Volcano functions tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188218722 2017-09-17 12:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188218722 Romans who were buried by the ash tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188220795 2017-09-17 12:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188220795 Pompeii today tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188220858 2017-09-17 12:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188220858 How the effect of volcanos are minimised tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188220892 There are a handful of people in the world who live near volcanos and they are more than prepared. A school near a volcano in Japan practises escape sequences because if there's a volcano. They're going to want to know what to do. All of the children also have to wear hard hats so ash and rock don't hit them in the hit if there happens to be an erruption

    Some people have taken advantage of living next to a volcano. A farmer in Japan who lives next to a volcano is responsible for the worlds largest turnip. In fact all of his food is humungous and it's all because of a chemical in the soil which is caused by the volcano]]>     2017-09-17 12:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188220892     Likelihood of occurance in Melbourne tru00171 https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188314088 A volcanic eruption cannot occur in Melbourne as there are no volcanoes near Australia let alone Melbourne. Of course, a catastrophic eruption somewhere on Earth could perhaps reach Melbourne at record-breaking lengths but that is somewhere in between extremely unlikely and the imagination of a child ]]> 2017-09-18 03:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tru00171/wwx5tjlfsudx/wish/188314088