Raging Planet: Volcano
Movie Questions [they are in order, answer 26 questions for full credit]
1.
What is the most active volcano on Earth?
16. How did geologists know that Mt. St. Helens might
erupt?
2.
How was the volcano Kilauea in Hawaii created?
17. What did the landslide release? What direction was
it moving?
3.
What happens when the lava/magma hits the
ocean?
18. How many people died from the Mt. St. Helens
eruption?
4.
How fast does Hawaii’s coastline grow?
19. How does the Mt. St. Helens eruption compare to
the atomic bomb in Hiroshima?
5.
Which are more deadly, constantly active, or
dormant volcanoes?
6.
What can dormant volcanoes release (name 2)?
7.
According to the video, how fast does the lava in
Hawaii flow?
20. Looking at the eruption of Mount Unzin in Japan,
what is a pyroclastic flow? Why is it dangerous?
21. What is the chain of volcanoes called in the Pacific
Ocean?
22. How many active volcanoes are in Indonesia?
8.
23. How does Krakatoa’s eruption compare to an atomic
bomb explosion?
Why does the lava flow slowly in Hawaii?
24. How many feet has Anak Krakatau grown in the last
100 years?
9.
What is the biggest, most active volcano in Europe?
How often has it erupted since 2000?
10. How hot is the lava when it is flowing down the
mountain?
25. How many years had the Pinatubo volcano in the
Philippines been dormant before erupting in 1991?
26. What happened to the sky once Pinatubo erupted?
11. What ancient city did Mount Vesuvius destroy?
12. The video mentions that volcanoes erupt from one
plate sliding under another. What type of tectonic
plate movement is that?
27. What happened to global temperatures as a result of
the Pinatubo eruption?
28. What type of gas is released from volcanoes? Is this
an acid or a base?
13. What is so unique about the volcano Mt. Stromboli?
14. Why is a dormant volcano dangerous?
29. What is the pH of the Crater Lake? How does that
compare to battery acid?
15. How long had Mt. St. Helens been dormant before it
erupted in 1980?
30. Why are volcanic gasses crucial to life on Earth? (give
two reasons).