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withen 15 minutes, the ash rose how many feet?
over 80,000 feet of ash
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When did Mount St Helens go boom?

May 18th, 1980

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How many years have passed since the 1980 eruption?
35
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what does Mt. Rainier table call themsevles?

Reindeer (rats)

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what is basalt rock

lava rock

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On what date did an earth quake reawaken the volcano?
March 20th
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how many people were killed?
57
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how many times does it erupt every hundered years on average
one
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The name Avengers goes to what Mt?

Mt Adams

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what is a pyroclastic flow?
a flow of volcanic debris
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What are the 4 main peaks in Washington?

Mt. Rainier, Mt. Baker, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens

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What was the major event that happened after the mountain erupted?

A landslide (pyroclastic flow)

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How many times has mt so Helens erupt?
About 45
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Which two tables only have 4 desks?

San Juan Spectaculars and Mt Baker Buddies

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what is the Ring of Fire?

the line of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

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What does a vulcanologist do?

scientist that studies volcanoes

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What was illegal when Mt. St. Helen's was about to erupt?

Climbing, hiking, camping

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Who was the man who refused to leave his home and died from the eruption? 

Harry Truman (poor kitties)

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Mt. St. Helen's Heroes has how many boys at their table?

4

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What is a shield volcano?

A volcano with thin lava

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What did we learn about the Salton Sea?

A body of water in southern California that boils from lava underground. 

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Which direction was the blast of Mt. St. Helens

Northeast

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What is the visitor center called on Mt. St. Helens now?

Johnston Ridge Observatory

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Which table will win the points war today?

All answers correct

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What is a cone volcano?

A volcano with thicker lava and has gas bubbles that build up and eventuall explode.

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