Answers to Ms. Waller's Questions - Philippines

Good Morning Ms. Waller!

I bet you’re asleep, but while you rest, we are going to answer your questions:

Can someone find out which city is the largest city in the Philippines?

Quezon City is the largest city in the Philippines.

Philippine currency vs. American currency

43 Piso = $1.00. 

Bag of Skittles – P48.00-  about $1.12

A ride on a trike – P8.00-  about $0.19                                            

A pair of jeans – P695.00-  about $16.16

A donut at Dunkin Donuts – P20.00-  about $0.47

A 16.9oz bottle of Mountain Dew – P54.00-  about $1.26

A Quarter Pounder Meal at McDonalds – P195.00-  about $4.53

What we learned about Taal Volcano:

Conner-  Taal Volcano has erupted 33 times since 1572.

Jack-  The last time it erupted was in 1977.

Kahi-  There are 16 Decade Volcanoes, and Taal is one of them.

We have a volcano in the United States called Mt. Ranier.  It is located in Washington.  As of 1821, the Taal Volcano was also called Bombou.

Many people live in the middle of the lake. Can you find out why?

Mrs. Miles asked Mrs. Perilloux about this.  Mrs. P told her that the people in the middle of the lake are fishermen/women.  They stay out there until they have caught a bunch of fish.  They then come to the island to sell their fish and buy supplies they need. 

There is a hot spring inside the volcano. What is a hot spring?  

Hot spring are caused by rainwater seeping deep in the earth.  Compression and the warmth under the Earth’s surface cause the water to become very hot and burst through the surface  as a hot spring or geyser.  Mrs. Miles and Jack have seen hot springs and geysers at Yellowstone National Park.

Questions: What is a typhoon? Is it like a hurricane?

A cyclone is any mass of air that spirals around a low pressure center. It is an organized collection of thunderstorms embedded in a swirling mass of air. In general, both typhoons and hurricanes are tropical cyclones but differ in their locations. The difference between hurricane and typhoon is that tropical cyclones in the west Pacific are called Typhoons and those in the Atlantic and east Pacific Ocean are called Hurricanes. It's the longitude that matters.

We found this information online and learned what longitude and latitude lines are.