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This is me doing our edible lab experiment. It was a mess but I still got a good grade on on it! The whole point of this was to make the earth out of fluff, malt-ball, a piece of chocolate, and a graham cracker. Fisrt I used the fluff to make the outer core. Second I used the malt-ball as the inner core, and I used graham crackers to represent the crust. I used most of the yummy treats because they really worked out with the earths layers. Like the graham cracker, it worked for the crust.

The other photo to the right is me doing our Edible Boundaries Lab!! The whole point of this experiment was to break apart the milky-way candy bar and I broke the candy to make divergent boundaries!!! I broke the candy bar and pushed back to make a boundary!!!!! Also, I had to make cracks in the candy bar to represent the techtoinc plates. They are divergent, convergent and transform boundaries. A BOUNDARY is when plates move in different directions. We talked to a scientist in California about this.

The video below is when we did our Earthquake test. We had to build a 3-story building out of tooth-picks and marshmellows. My friends Mishond and Victoria built the building in the video!!

VOLCANO FACTS!!!!!!! 1. Volcanoes dont always explode. 2. Skylights are like windows and they show lava. 3. Shield volcanoes ar eformed when lava flows on the side very quickly. 4.Strata cones are built inside the volcanno. 5.Cinder cones erupts violently. 6. If a volcano doesnt erupt in like 200 years, it is considered dormant.

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**VOLCANO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS** 1. What causes volcanoes to erupt? When the plates move, a volcano is there.

2. What are the differences between magma and lava? Magma is the "before" result and lava is the "after result".

3.Identify and compare the different types of magma. There is a magma that is made out of water and iron, and it flows fast. There is another type that flows really slow.

4.How are cinder cone, shield and composite volcanoes similar and different? Those volcanoes are differnt because they have differnt sides, sizes, and look different.

5. What are pyroclastic materals? Are they dangerous? Yes, they are. They can give you breathing problems and burn your body.

6.Is it possible for an extinct volcano to eupt again? Explain your answer. Yes,no scientists can predict when a volcano will erupt.

7. What is the Ring Of Fire? Why is it so significant? The Ring Of Fire is where most of the worlds active volcanoes erupt. It works out because they all erupt.

8. Why do people live near volcanoes despite the obvious dangers? People live near volcanoes because the land aound them is very healthy and they grow crops to male money and feed their families.

