Super Volcano Movie questions
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Science Movie Worksheet
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1. Where is one of the largest volcanoes in the world?
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2. What are the chances of a volcanic explosion? ______________________________________________
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3. What volcanic stone is the child talking about?
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4. What did the earthquake cause?
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5. What evidence is there that past eruptions were real and catastrophic? ___________________________
a. A sinkhole
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a. Pumice
b. Ash
b. A tsunami
C. Granite
(circle one)
c. A massive lava flow
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6. In relation to other volcanic eruptions, how big will the Yellowstone eruption be? ___________________
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7. What is beneath Yellowstone National Park? _______________________________________________
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8. When was the last super volcanic eruption?
a. 74,000 years ago
b. 2 million years ago
c. 7,400 years ago
d. 40000 years ago
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9. How large is the Yellowstone volcanic caldera? ______km wide X ______km long X ______ km deep
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10. What have the geologist placed in the ground?
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11. Place a small box locating precisely where Yellowstone Park is on the map below.
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12. Draw in the circle representing Zone 1 of the Eruption Hazard Zones.
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13. Draw in the circle representing Zone 5
a. Tulips
b. Seismographs
c. Treasure
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14. Why would burying the Midwest in 5 cm of ash be so devastating?_____________________________
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15. How would the East coast(zone 6) be affected by the ash cloud? ______________________________
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16. When volcanic ash mixes with water what does it resemble?_________________________________
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17. Is Yellowstone unstable enough to trigger a super volcano? __________________________________
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18. What are some triggers for a volcanic eruption? ___________________________________________
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19. What machine shows that harmonic tremors indicate moving magma? _________________________
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20. How are individual personalities playing a part in delaying public warning? …. And
how would you have handled it?
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21. Speculate why the volcanic ash cloud seems to travel mostly from the West to East? ______________________
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22. What are some of the difficulties that would happen after the eruption that would inhibit the ability to
rescue people? (Give at least 2 examples)
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23. Why do you think it was snowing on August 6th? ___________________________________________________
Reflection:
24. From what you have seen, are volcanic eruptions easy to predict?
Why or why not?
a. yes
b. no
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