Name: _________________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: _______ Supervolcano Movie Questions 1. In the movie, how is “Virgil” supposed to help volcanologists at Yellowstone? 2. About how many earthquakes occur in Yellowstone every year? 3. What is a super eruption? 4. Why are scientists cautious about what they say in the media? 5. Why are there dead trees along the caldera rim at Sour Creek Dome? Name: _________________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: _______ Supervolcano Movie Questions 1. In the movie, how is “Virgil” supposed to help volcanologists at Yellowstone? 2. About how many earthquakes occur in Yellowstone every year? 3. What is a super eruption? 4. Why are scientists cautious about what they say in the media? 5. Why are there dead trees along the caldera rim at Sour Creek Dome? 6. What does FEMA mean? 7. How do the scientists decide how large a magma chamber is? 8. What is the worst case scenario based on the 2.1 million year ago eruption? 9. What makes volcanoes hard to predict? 10. What is the “surefire sign” of an eruption? What does it indicate? 6. What does FEMA mean? 7. How do the scientists decide how large a magma chamber is? 8. What is the worst case scenario based on the 2.1 million year ago eruption? 9. What makes volcanoes hard to predict? 10. What is the “surefire sign” of an eruption? What does it indicate?
