Yellowstone Supervolcano

What is the difference between a volcano, like Mount St. Helens, and a supervolcano, like Yellowstone Caldera?

• Supervolcanoes erupt more often

• Supervolcanoes are above ground

• Supervolcanoes are only under water

• Supervolcanoes are more powerful and erupt less often

Hotspots are volcanoes that form...

• at convergent plate boundaries.

• at divergent plate boundaries.

• at transform plate boundaries.

• in the middle of a tectonic plate.

When was the last supervolcano eruption?

• 640,000 years ago

• 3.6 million years ago

• 100,000 years ago

• 500 years ago

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Which layer of Earth is the source of lava that erupts from volcanoes?

• inner core

• outer core

• asthenosphere

• lithosphere

A giant volcano that’s so big, if it erupts it will cause worldwide disaster.

• Stratovolcano

• Supervolcano

• Dormant volcano

• Shield Volcano

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When lava, ash, and gas are released from a volcano—sometimes explosively.

• Breakthrough

• Eruption

• Escalation

• Pressure release

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Volcanic places thought to be fed by the underlying mantle that is weirdly hot compared with the surrounding mantle. Hawaii, Iceland, and Yellowstone are examples of these.

• Gravity Wells

• Crustal Anomaly

• Thermolocale

• Hot Spots

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What is the primary cause of the Yellowstone supervolcano's geothermal activity?

• Tectonic plate movement

• A hotspot in the Earth's mantle

• Volcanic ash deposits

• Seismic activity

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How often do supervolcanoes like Yellowstone typically erupt?

• Every 10,000 years

• Every 100,000 years

• Every 600,000 to 800,000 years

• Every 1 million years

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What is the potential global impact of a Yellowstone supervolcano eruption?

• Localized earthquakes

• Global cooling due to ash clouds

• Increased volcanic activity worldwide

• Rise in sea levels

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