Volcanic eruptions produce lava, which is molten rock that eventually cools into a solid. The gases released during an eruption become trapped in pockets within the lava that remain when the lava solidifies. Scientists can later extract these gases to determine which gases were produced during the eruption, and in what quantities. The table below shows the percent concentration of gases found after the eruption of Mount Saint Helens in Washington, USA.
Do these findings allow the inside-out model to be elevated to a scientific theory? Why or why not?
Yes, because it shows that volcanic eruptions produced water that eventually filled the oceans.
Yes, because it shows that volcanoes produced CO2 that eventually dissolved into the oceans.
No, because data from one volcano is not sufficient to show that ocean water was produced by volcanoes.
No, because data from one volcano is not sufficient to show that ocean CO2 was produced by volcanoes.