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Effects of Krakatoa Activity

Directions: Answer the questions about volcanoes and Krakatoa and then color the images to
show what it would look like if you had been there to see the eruption of Krakatoa.

1. What causes a volcano?

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2. How does it affect the atmosphere? Does the temperature get warmer
or colder? How does the sky look different?
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3. What is a tsunami? How is it started?

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4. What happens to the plants and animals after a volcano?
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Matching:
Draw a line to connect the different spheres of the Earth to what they
include

1. Hydrosphere A. Plants and Animals

2. Atmosphere B. Water

3. Biosphere C. Rocks and Plates

4. Geosphere D. Sky and Clouds

Coloring:
Color each of the following to show what it would look like before the
eruption, right after the eruption, and three years later.
1. Krakatoa Volcano (geosphere)
2. Land nearby (biosphere)
3. Ocean (hydrosphere)
4. Sky and Clouds (atmosphere)
5. Sun
Before the Eruption
 Right After the Eruption

Three Years After the Eruption