Krystal - Iceland' effusive eruption

 Today I read about the volcano eruption that happened in Iceland. Thank goodness it wasn't an explosive eruption. It was an effusive eruption. An effusive eruption does not begin with an explosive function. Instead the lava either flows through the vents or fissure in the near area. I read the article and wrote a little bit about it. I also did another activity on a google drawing. Here is my activities!

Glossary

Fissure - a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

The group of people in the article “Iceland’s effusive eruption” written by News Academic, are the people of Reykjanes in Iceland. The key event from the article was the volcano that hadn’t been active for about 800 years. This event took place in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is basically in Northern Europe.  This event took place on the 19th of March 8:45 am. In this news article in Reykjanes, Iceland there was an volcano. It hadn’t been erupted for about 800 years. Scientists say it could still be flowing for several years. An effusive eruption is not big with big rocks and lava flowing really fast. An effusive eruption is a type of volcano that slowly flows with lava. Ice covers the higher parts of Iceland. There are at least 20 volcanoes that are active in Iceland. They have all erupted in the past. The country is often called “the land of ice and fire”. There is a layer of very steaming hot semi-liquid rock deep below the Earth’s surface. This layer is called the mantle. The molten rock is known as magma. The Earth’s surface is divided into huge tectonic plates. They all fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle. The boundaries of the plates are where they meet. One-third of the people that live in the capital city (Reykjavík) first settled about 1,100 years ago. Like most volcanoes it has geysers, bubbling mud and hot springs. This has almost been a week and the lava still hasn’t stopped. Fagradalsfjall is the name of the volcano is this news article. Fagradalsfjall is a shield volcano. It is about 40 kilometres from Fagradalsfjall to Reykjavík.