NAME:
CLASS:
Ola Ka Honua: Volcanoes Alive! Fact Finder
I. Hawaiian Legends
1. What are …
a) mo‘olelo? ___________________________________
b) Pele? ______________________________________
c) caldera? ____________________________________
2. What is a science theory? ___________________________
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II. Planet Earth
3. What are …
a) mele? ______________________________________
b) LaPlace’s theory? _____________________________
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4. How did …
a) oceans form on Earth? ________________________
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b) Earth form its layers? __________________________
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5. List & describe each layer of Earth. ____________________
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6. Make a quick drawing to show how convection currents
work.
Science in Hawai‘i: Nā Hana Ma Ka Ahupua‘a – A Culturally Responsive Curriculum Project
Adapted for use with Ola Ka Honua: Volcanoes Alive Project by Geophysical Institute, Univ. of
Alaska Fairbanks, ALU LIKE, Inc. & Hawai‘i DOE.
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NAME:
CLASS:
III. Active Earth
7. What is …
a) an oli? ______________________________________
b) Wegener’s theory? ___________________________
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c) lithosphere & asthenosphere? ___________________
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8. Draw the 3 ways plates move.
9. Add labels to your drawing to show: divergent boundaries,
convergent boundaries and transform “strike-slip”
boundaries.
IV. Earth’s Crust
10. Who …
a) creates & destroys with lava? ______________________
b) is Harry Hess? _________________________________
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11. What is …
a) magma? ______________________________________
b) a hotspot? _____________________________________
12. Draw what the Earth looks like under Hawai‘i & the Pacific Ocean.
Start with lines to show the ocean surface & continents. Label a
hotspot, Hawaiian volcano, spreading Mid-Pacific Ridge, Trenches at
Asia & N.America, the mantle & convection currents.
Science in Hawai‘i: Nā Hana Ma Ka Ahupua‘a – A Culturally Responsive Curriculum Project
Adapted for use with Ola Ka Honua: Volcanoes Alive Project by Geophysical Institute, Univ. of
Alaska Fairbanks, ALU LIKE, Inc. & Hawai‘i DOE.
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