Mount Vesuvius

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    When Mount Vesuvius had erupted in 79 AD the eruption caused fatal damage to the environment, causing many animals to be killed by the toxic gases released from the volcano or the chemical in the water caused by volcanic ash in the animal’s water source. Mount Vesuvius had a major effect on vegetation because it left an entire region as a desert wasteland, any plant that had an encounter with lava had died straight away, through other plants died from volcanic ash that was ejected from the…

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    Mt Vesuvius Research Paper

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    volcanoes formed? 4 What causes a volcano to erupt? 4 History of Mount Vesuvius eruptions 4 Recent eruptions 5 Mythology around Mount Vesuvius 6 Why you should live on Mount Vesuvius 6 Advantages of living on Mount Vesuvius 6 Disadvantages of living next to a volcano 6 What can be done to stop the lava from destroying people’s homes 7 Would you want to live on a volcano now? 8 References 9 Introduction Mount Vesuvius. this is one of the deadliest volcanoes. It has been responsible…

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    The Myth Of Volcanoes

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    Volcanoes are deep vents in the earth that allow magma, volcanic gases, volcanic ash, and other volcanic material to come to the surface of the earth from magma chambers during eruption. Volcanoes exist because the earth’s crust is split into seventeen major tectonic plates, and they occur when two tectonic plates converge, and magma rises. The hole in the earth, also known as a vent, goes down into a central vent which is beneath the summit crater. At a deep depth, but is widely unknown, a…

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    Mount Vesuvius The Roman Empire is recognized for many terrific contributions such as its architecture, literature, and Roman law. Romanization expanded the empire and its culture. The laws that were implemented also brought together the empire and its citizens were loyal to the empire because of its considerate laws for all people. Truly the Roman Empire is known for its many achievements, but one natural phenomena that occurred during this time was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The…

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    What would you do if you were in a volcano, Vesuvius or St. helens. Both have things in common but both have many things different. Which one would you want to be in, some volcanoes can be cool some can be destructive and horrible. Would it be worth living by a volcano or not. Vesuvius and St. helens have many things in common like the were both volcanoes and they both erupted. They were both dramatic events for everyone especially the people that lived right next to the volcano. Both of the…

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    Escaping Pompeii The Pompeii citizens thought Mount Vesuvius may never erupt,but one day the town started to shake and all of a sudden, BOOM! Mount Vesuvius erupts. When they hear the BOOM everybody runs for their lives screaming at the top of their lungs. The daily life in Pompeii is similar to ours today because eating on the go, we have many of gadgets, and we sew our clothes sometimes. To begin with, Pompeii is a non-gadget world. Pompeii has many tool including cooking vessels. Pots,…

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    Calbucan Volcano Essay

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    While I was there I was able to see the aftermath of the destructive wrath that Mount Vesuvius once bestowed upon the land below it. The Bible tells of volcanic activity in the Rift valley, in the time that Abraham was still walking among the earth. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius occurred on August 24, 79 AD, and is often referred to one of the greatest cataclysmic events in European history according to our tour guide. Volcanic…

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    Pompeii: A Short Story

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    that had a big volcano called Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and everybody had to get to high grounds all the people in Pompeii die but there were two little children looking For there parents but they found their parents at the at&t store they started Running down the street then they saw their dad chasing the goat down the And everybody started to panic and they started heading for higher ground Street then they saw the clouds get darker than mount Vesuvius erupted. Then they wanted to…

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    Volcano Informative Speech

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    Mount Vesuvius- Probably the most famous Volcano, in the fact that it obliterated Pompeii. Could in the fact be the most dangerous as in the amount of people that are in range of Vesuvius. Vesuvius is the only European volcano that erupted in the Common Era. It is in one of the most densely populated places in the whole world. The population surrounding the volcano is close to 3 million (Wikipedia, Vesuvius). It last exploded in 79 Common Era (Wikipedia, Vesuvius). The volcano was…

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    Spartacus Research Paper

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    as weapons and killed the guards with them. The group of gladiators, who were led by Spartacus, succeeded in getting proper arms and weapons. Spartacus next led them to take refuge in the crater Vesuvius, which at the time was an extinct volcano. The gladiator group took refuge on the side of Mount Vesuvius led by sparticus along with his allies Crixus, Castus, Gannicus and Oenomaus. Spartacus and his group of gladiators were soon joined by large numbers of runaway slaves. Spartacus soon became…

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