英语选修6 Unit5 The power of natureWarming up课件（新人教版）.pptVIP

Unit 5 The power of nature Warming up Look at the following pictures and point out what kind of disasters they are. Are they caused by people? Are they natural? Are they made worse by people? What do you know about volcano? Do you know how a volcano erupts? Homework * * 高二人教新课标版选修六 drought flood typhoon tsunami tsunami greenhouse effect earthquake volcanic eruption forest fires hurricane landslide Volcano volcano-eruption How is a volcano formed? The rocks under the earth become hotter and hotter and erupt from the mountain. Boiling rock erupts from the crater; the lava flows slowly down the mountain. gas liquid solid lava (熔岩) vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrogen (氮), sulphur(硫磺) bits of rock and volcanic ash, etc. Near the oceans. Where is most possible for a volcano to erupt? An extinct volcano What types of volcanoes do you know? An active volcano dormant volcano Vesuvius volcano In August of AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all the people were dead. Pompeii *