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|Home |How To Make A Volcano Project |
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|Magnetism |How to make a volcano? Hurl cosmic material into space, have it collect into a planet sized object (like earth for example), put it |
|Science Projects |in orbit around a sun, give it a few million years for the surface to cool to a hard crust, and poof - you have the basic |
|Earth Science |ingredients needed. If hot molten magma under great pressure then manages to escape through weak spots in that crust, we have a |
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| |It's a truly fascinating subject, and this site attempts to frame the question of how to make a volcano within that larger context |
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