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WorksheetsEruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
In what country is the story Eruption based in?
United States
Columbia
Philippines
Japan
What gas had jumped up tenfold when Chris took a gas reading from Mount Pinatubo
Cabon Monoxide
Carbon Dioxide
Sulfur Monoxide
Sulfur Dioxide
Geologist use a seismograph to measure
earthquakes
gas
magma
ash clouds
The period during which a volcano is temporarily inactive
dormancy
plume
harmonic tremor
quakes
water found underground in the cracks in sand, soil and rock
above ground
ground water
reservoir
conduit
A channel for moving lava
conduit
magma chamber
summit
vent
discussing an idea or trying to make a decision
brain storm
conversation
confrontation
conferring
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
True or False Volcanoes don’t necessarily move
from deep sleep to violent eruption
in a straight, orderly progression.”
True
False
Name of the Air Force base in the Philippines close to Mt. Pinatubo
Lackland AFB
Air Force Academy
Ft. Sam Houston
Clark AFB
outcomes or effects of events
actions
consequences
ramping up
underlying
(a) and bulges might plug
a vent, causing pressure to build
underground
Sketch and Label a detailed picture of a volcano. Make sure to label the magma chamber, vents, ash clouds, lava flows, conduit , crater, and the summit. ( This is done on your own paper. Color it) Neatness counts
After the volcanic eruption on Mt Pinatubo and other natural disaster struck this island what was it.
tornado
heat wave
typhoon
drought
light glassy lava
pumice
lava
magma
pyroclastic flow
Did the pyroclastic flow reach Clark Air Force Base
yes
no
The eruption of Mount Pinatubo was the ______largest eruption in the twentieth century.
fourth
third
second
first
extremely hot or intense.
chilly
frosty
frigid
searing
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a volcano
Lava Flows
Fumaroles
Pyroclastic Flows
abyssal plains
Which of the following is not a scientific instrument used to measure volcanoes
video plankton recorder
seismic monitor
Radar mapping instruments
gas samples
