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Understanding Volcanoes: Types and Safety

The document is an academic program outline for an English IV course in Nanotechnology, focusing on the topic of volcanoes. It explains the characteristics of volcanoes, their classifications (active, dormant, extinct), and the dangers they pose, along with exercises for comprehension and safety measures. The content includes a reading passage about volcanoes, true/false questions, sentence completion tasks, and instructions for researching volcanic safety.

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Understanding Volcanoes: Types and Safety

The document is an academic program outline for an English IV course in Nanotechnology, focusing on the topic of volcanoes. It explains the characteristics of volcanoes, their classifications (active, dormant, extinct), and the dangers they pose, along with exercises for comprehension and safety measures. The content includes a reading passage about volcanoes, true/false questions, sentence completion tasks, and instructions for researching volcanic safety.

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Asignatura: Inglés IV

Programa Académico: Ingeniería en Nanotecnología.


Periodo: 3. Retransmisión de textos orales y escritos.
Unidad de Aprendizaje: 6. Clima y medidas de seguridad.
Unidad de Aprendizaje Contextualizada: Describir el clima y fenómenos naturales de lugares.
Evidencia de comprensión escrita: What is a volcano? (se anexan ejercicios).

What is a volcano?
A volcano is a vent or chimney which transfers molten rock
known as magma from depth to the Earth's surface. Magma
erupting from a volcano is called lava and is the material
which builds up the cone surrounding the vent.
A volcano is active if it is erupting lava, releasing gas or
generates seismic activity. A volcano is dormant if it has not erupted for a long time but
could erupt again in the future. Once a volcano has been dormant for more than 10 000
years, it is termed extinct.
The explosiveness of a volcanic eruption depends on how easily magma can flow and the
amount of gas trapped within the magma. Large amounts of water and carbon dioxide are
dissolved in magma causing it to behave in a similar way to gas expanding in fizzy drinks,
which forms bubbles and escapes after opening.
Volcanoes can be different in appearance. Some of them have perfect cone shapes while
others are deep depressions filled with water.
With the Volcanic Explosivity Index we can know how explosive it is. volcanoes can be very
dangerous as the lava is hot and the ash can cause health damage.
A. Speaking. What do you know about volcanoes? Are there any volcanoes in your
country or city?
With the Volcanic Explosivity Index we can know how explosive it is. Volcanoes can be
very dangerous as the lava is hot and the ash can cause health damage.
B. Instructions: Read the passage and circle true or false. Then correct all the false
information.
1. The cone of the volcano is made of magma. True False
2. All the volcanoes generate seismic activity. True False
3. A dormant volcano cannot erupt anymore. True False
4. If a volcano is inactive for more than 10 000, it is considered extinct. True False
5. All volcanoes look like a cone. True False

C. Instructions: Complete the sentences with information from the reading.


1. A volcano is active if …

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2. A volcano is dormant if…
3. Magma is made of …
4. Volcanic eruptions can be measured by …

D. Instructions: Use the Internet to look for advice on how to act in case a volcano erupts.
Fill in the chart.

Before a
volcanic
eruption

During a
volcanic
eruption

After a
volcanic
eruption

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