Volcanic activity
Volcanoes are created on _____
Fault lines
Earthquakes are created on ____
Fault lines
What is the name of a mud and ash flow?
Pyroclastic Flow
When lava is under the crust, it is called ____
Magma
What is the name of the things that the crust is made of?
Tectonic plates
The Carrington ________ happened in 1859 and happened when magnetic energy in the sun's surface unleashed in a blast of radiation.
Solar flare
Where is the biggest volcano in the world?
*Bonus: What is the volcano's name.
*Only the first group gets the 100 bonus.
Hawaii
Bonus: Mauna Loa
Earthquakes happen when 2 or more tectonic plates ____
Converge
What did the eruption of Mt. Tambora in Indonesia cause?
A year with no summer or sunlight.
What Volcano destroyed Pompeii?
Mt. Vesuvius
When was the most powerful earthquake?
1960
Where is the biggest whirlpool in the world?
*Bonus: What's its name?
*Only the first group gets the 1000 bonus.
Norway
Bonus: Saltstraumen
How was Pompeii destroyed (lava flow, debris, gas, etc)?
It was destroyed by a pyroclastic flow, or a mud flow.
Where was the most powerful earthquake?
*Bonus: What is it's name?
*Only the first group gets the 100 bonus.
Chile
Bonus: Valdivia
What is the name of a tornado that forms over water and sucks that water in?
Waterspout