Living On A Lava Flow By Fine

Living on a Lava flow

1) When did Mount Matavanu begin to erupt?

August, 1905

2) What was the difference between Mount Matavanu erupting and Mount St. Helens?

Mount Matavanu oozed out for 6 years but Mount St Helens went off like a mega bomb.

3) What happened to the lava flow?

Almost one hundred years later the lava flow cooled down.

4) Where did the villagers build their houses and what did they build to create a cool breeze?

The villagers built their houses on poles so breezes could pass underneath.

5) What is a pahoehoe?

Pahoehoe is a type of lava.

6) What do the girls do on weekday mornings?

The girls would walk to school on weekday mornings.

7) Why can the hot rock be usfull?

The hot rock can be useful for drying wet clothes, because it dries very carefully.

8) What does Porous mean?

Porous means its full of tiny interconnected air spaces.

9) How do they get their water?

The girls would use a  pipe to get their water. Before the made the pipe they walked to the other side of the Island to get water.

10) What did the girls do to make the holes safer?

They helped their father to fill in the bigger holes to make it softer to cross the flow.

11)  What started to grow in the 1980’s?

Coconut palms, Mangoes, Kapok trees and smaller plants dotted the surface.

12) What did the fierce cyclones do?

The fierce cyclones battered Savai’i and wiped out much of the new growth.