Super Volcano Movie questions 1:30:00 Name____________________________ Hour __________ Science Movie Worksheet Score __________ 3:20 1. Where is one of the largest volcanoes in the world? 6:00 2. What are the chances of a volcanic explosion? ______________________________________________ 8:00 3. What volcanic stone is the child talking about? 11:15 4. What did the earthquake cause? 13:45 5. What evidence is there that past eruptions were real and catastrophic? ___________________________ a. A sinkhole _________________________________________ a. Pumice b. Ash b. A tsunami C. Granite (circle one) c. A massive lava flow __________________________________________________________________________________ 14:20 6. In relation to other volcanic eruptions, how big will the Yellowstone eruption be? ___________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 14:30 7. What is beneath Yellowstone National Park? _______________________________________________ 14:45 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 20:30 9. How large is the Yellowstone volcanic caldera? ______km wide X ______km long X ______ km deep 20:45 10. What have the geologist placed in the ground? 22:30 11. Place a small box locating precisely where Yellowstone Park is on the map below. 22:40 12. Draw in the circle representing Zone 1 of the Eruption Hazard Zones. 23:30 13. Draw in the circle representing Zone 5 a. Tulips b. Seismographs c. Treasure 23:45 14. Why would burying the Midwest in 5 cm of ash be so devastating?_____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 24:00 15. How would the East coast(zone 6) be affected by the ash cloud? ______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 24:15 16. When volcanic ash mixes with water what does it resemble?_________________________________ 24:50 17. Is Yellowstone unstable enough to trigger a super volcano? __________________________________ 32:00 18. What are some triggers for a volcanic eruption? ___________________________________________ 32:50 19. What machine shows that harmonic tremors indicate moving magma? _________________________ 33:30 20. How are individual personalities playing a part in delaying public warning? …. And how would you have handled it? -__________________________________________________________________________________________ -__________________________________________________________________________________________ 45:00 Eruption: day 1 54:30 21. Speculate why the volcanic ash cloud seems to travel mostly from the West to East? ______________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ 1:09:00 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) -__________________________________________________________________________________________ -__________________________________________________________________________________________ 1:25:00 23. Why do you think it was snowing on August 6th, when Liebermann was getting rescued? ___________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Reflection: 24. From what you have seen, are volcanic eruptions easy to predict? Why or why not? a. yes b. no (circle one) _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________