Kilauea: Hawai'i on Fire

Kilauea and Pu'uO'o are fed by _____ magma chamber

• the same

• different

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

Once the eruptions started, the fissures were

• spread out randomly

• spread in a straight line

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

How did the scientist analyze the samples taken?

• It was crushed into a fine powder

• It was dissolved into a liquid

Chemical analysis revealed that the lava was not from PuuOo but similar to an eruption from

• 1987

• 1955

Another earlier eruption in 1924 was unique in that it

• created a pyroclastic flow

• created a new cinder cone

What gas was leaking from vents in the ground creating deadly VOG?

• methane

• sulfur dioxide

They could tell when the Pu'uO'o lava began erupting because it was ____ and moving faster.

• cooler

• hotter

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

In Hawaiian culture, ____ the goddess of fire reside in the volcano.

• Luna

• Pele

What mineral thickens lava and makes it erupt more explosively?

• silica

• calcite

The lava tubes in Hawaii form because the lava is ___ than normal.

• cooler

• hotter

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4