Supervolcano Questions
2 pts each – 16 pts
Answer the following questions. You can and should talk with your classmates.
1. What instruments did the geologists used in the movie to help them create the modeling
program (the answer is not VIRGEL)? What gave them the information they needed in
order to create VIRGEL?
2. What information did this technology give the geologists?
3. How was this information used to create VIRGEL?
(Hint: Speed of seismic waves is different through different types of rock)
4. What 2 geological formations can we see at Yellowstone that are evidence that there is still a
lot of heat generated from the magma beneath the park?
5. Name the 2 most detrimental products of the eruption that would affect our wellbeing here
in Fort Collins.
6. Name 5 ways that these 2 products of the eruption will affect our wellbeing and health?
7. What is FEMA?
8. What do you think would be the best way to save you and your family from an eruption of
Yellowstone if you lived in Fort Collins? (Where would you try to go? How would you get
there? Would you leave at all? Think about what they did in the movie...)