1. List all the possible effects of a volcanic eruption.
2. Describe what you think happens to the weather in the immediate area after a major volcanic eruption, such as Mt. Pinatubo or Mt. St. Helens.
3. Do you think that volcanoes have an impact on the climate of the Earth? Explain your answer.
4. Using the VEI chart from the readings, answer the following:
5. Describe the pattern or trend you observe on the Merged Land-Ocean NOAA Baseline Climatological Data Set. In your description, include the year span between the highest peaks.
6. Construct and complete a data table for the volcano data.
7. Plot the volcanoes on the temperature graph you have downloaded.. Be sure to include a key.
8. Categorize the major eruptions into their type. Which volcano type does most of the eruptions fall into?
9 Do you notice an overall warming or a overall cooling in the Earth's temperature after each volcanic eruptions?
10.Do all the volcanic eruptions follow the pattern in question 9? If not, which ones do not and give a hypothesis as to why.
11. Predict the pattern of the graph if you extended the graph to the year 2030. Draw your prediction on the graph. Justify why you drew your line graph as you did.
12. Based on the relationship you have concluded, write a news report describing what may happen to our global climate if another volcanic eruption of a VEI of 5 or more occurred.
13. Read the NASA Fact sheet On Line
After reading this article list the factors that may cause the fluctuations you observed in the climate graph. What kind of data would you need to determine the cause of the fluctuations.