Volcanoes are mountains that pour out lava, gas, steam, and ash from inside the Earth. This document discusses different types of volcanoes including dormant and active volcanoes and provides examples such as volcanoes in Iceland, Hawaii, and the ancient city of Pompeii that was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius. Videos are included about volcanoes in Iceland, Hawaii, and Pompeii.

1. Volcanoes
Reading Lesson (Unit Two)

3. It’s a type of mountains that pours out
lava, gas, steam and ash from inside the
Earth.
What is a volcano?

4. Lava

5. Gas and Steam

6. Ash

7. Gas, steam
and smoke
lava
ash

9. Dormant
Volcano
Active
Volcano

11. Volcanoes

12. This diagram is going to help you
to understand

14. Etna erupts!

16. Iceland
Iceland is the land of volcanoes. It has over
130 volcanoes! Check out these videos!
Video 1 Video 2
Video 3

17. Hawaii
Hawaii is an island in the Pacific formed by
Volcanoes. You can visit Hawaii Volcano
National Park and see lots of active volcanoes
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18. Pompeii
Pompeii was an ancient Roman
city that was destroyed by a
volcano called Mount Vesuvius.
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