Volcano

1. MT RUAPEHU
By Navjot

2. CONTENTS
What is a volcano?
Where in New Zealand can you find Mt Ruapheu?
How does it erupt?
How many eruptions?
Facts about Mt Ruapheu
Photos
Credits
Thanks for watching

3. WHAT IS A VOLCANO?
A volcano is an opening rupture, underneath the planets
surface
Which allows hot magma,volcanic ash and other gases to
escape from beneath the surface

4. WHERE IS MT RUAPHEU?
Mt Ruapheu is found in the north islandit is 23 kilometers north
east Ohakane and 40 kilometers of the southern west shore of
Lake Taupo.
This a small map to tell were Mt Ruapheu is near

5. HOW MANY ERUPTIONS?
The eruptions in 1945,1955 and 1996 did not cause any
damage to human health.But still the dust was terrible ash in
water collected of roofs. It also effected some animals since
there was ash on the grass it made it difficult to eat

6. HOW DOES IT ERUPT?
A volcano erupts when pressure on the magma chamber
causes the magma chamber to rise above and come out
together with gas,rocks and ashes

7. FACTS
Mt Ruapheu was used in The Lord Of The
Rings movie.
In the movie it was known a Mount Doom
because Mt Ngauruhoe was to dangerous
to film on.

8. CREDITS
Google images
http://nzphoto.tripod.com/volcano/avolcano.htm
wiki.answers.com/Q/Special:RecentQ
en.wikipeda.org/wiki/Mount_Ruapheu

9. PHOTOS OF MT RUAPHEU

10. BY NAVJOT