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What are some ways to minimize the effects of a volcanic eruption?
Some ways to minimize the effects of a volcanic eruption include creating evacuation plans, establishing exclusion zones around active volcanoes, monitoring volcanic activity closely, and conducting public education campaigns to raise awareness about volcanic risks.
What types of lava will most likely lead to a volcanic eruption of an effusive nature?
Shield volcanoes have effusive eruptions. Effusive eruptions are a volcanic phenomenon; in some ways the opposite of explosive eruptions. An effusive eruption is characterized by an outpouring of low viscosity lava which has a fairly low volatile content. Usually, shield volcanoes have effusive eruptions.
Why is forest fire a type of spontaneous combustion?
Spontaneous combustion is one way a forest fire can be started. Other ways include lightning, volcanic eruption, sparks from rockfalls and human causes.
What are the three ways that a rock can melt?
A rock can melt through heat transfer from surrounding magma or lava, through the addition of external heat from sources like a volcanic eruption or a meteorite impact, or from the release of pressure caused by tectonic movement.
Why was it hard for people to evacuate during the chaiten volcanoes eruption?
The volcano's eruption affected the major ways out of the community, and not everyone was able to leave and leave behind all their possessions. Some people may have also felt safer at home, or not had anywhere else to go.
