Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives

In what country is the story Eruption based in?

• United States

• Columbia

• Philippines

• Japan

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CCSS.RL.6.10

What gas had jumped up tenfold when Chris took a gas reading from Mount Pinatubo

• Cabon Monoxide

• Carbon Dioxide

• Sulfur Monoxide

• Sulfur Dioxide

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Geologist use a seismograph to measure

• earthquakes

• gas

• magma

• ash clouds

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The period during which a volcano is temporarily inactive

• dormancy

• plume

• harmonic tremor

• quakes

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water found underground in the cracks in sand, soil and rock

• above ground

• ground water

• reservoir

• conduit

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A channel for moving lava

• conduit

• magma chamber

• summit

• vent

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discussing an idea or trying to make a decision

• brain storm

• conversation

• confrontation

• conferring

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CCSS.RL.8.3

a dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively from a volcano and typically flowing downslope at great speed.

• magma

• lava

• pyroclastic flow

• USCG

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True or False Volcanoes don’t necessarily move

from deep sleep to violent eruption

in a straight, orderly progression.”

• True

• False

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Name of the Air Force base in the Philippines close to Mt. Pinatubo

• Lackland AFB

• Air Force Academy

• Ft. Sam Houston

• Clark AFB

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