How the Earth was Made: Hawaii

In 1934, what did the gravimeter reveal about the island of Hawaii?

• The island is largely made of ice
• The island is primarily volcanic in nature
• The island is twice the height of Everest (56,000)

Kilauea, the most active volcano in the world, has been erupting continuously since...

• 1883
• 1983
• 2008

12 miles from town on the south flank of Kilauea volcano is an active...

• Vent
• lava tube
• pyroclastic flow

Yellow crystals of sulfur reveal that Kilauea releases vast amounts of sulfur dioxide. Measurements of sulfur dioxide can tell...

• the depth of the magma feeding the volccano
• how much lava has erupted
• the type of subduction boundary producing the magma

Kilauea could be producing 100 million cubic yards of lava per year. What might explain the absence of lava flowing across the surface?

• Lava tubes
• A build up of pressure
• Pyroclastic eruptions

What are skylights?

• Aurora Australis
• Glow of night eruptions
• Windows in the ceiling of a lava tube

According to Dr. Hon, after traveling up to 30 mi, the extremely hot lava hits the ocean and…

• slowly cools
• creates pillow lava
• shatters into lots of pieces

The massive island of Hawaii is built on…

• a divergent boundary
• piles of loose rubble
• solid basalt

Lava from Kilauea adds ____ football fields a year to its already colossal size.

• 20
• 40
• 60

A million years ago, the island of Hawaii started as a small volcano named…

• Lilo
• Kohala
• Hualalai
• Stitch