Colorado Geography
This famous mountain near Colorado Springs is one of the most visited in the world.
What is Pike's Peak?
This force pulls rocks and dirt downhill during a landslide.
Gravity
Colorado is the only state where these gummy bears are the #1 favorite.
What are Haribo Gummy Bears?
This is the name for melted rock while it is still underground.
MAGMAAAAAAAAAA!
This is a crack in the Earth's crust where movement happens.
Fault
This long river starts in the Rocky Mountains and flows all the way to Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
Adding too much of this liquid to a slope makes it heavy and slippery, causing slides.
Water
This hard candy was actually invented in Golden, Colorado in 1949.
What are Jolly Ranchers? WOW! I did not know this.
This 'Ring' is an area in the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's volcanoes are found.
The Ring of Fire. Somebody sing like Jonny Cash
This scale is used to measure the strength or magnitude of an earthquake.
Richter Scale
This national park has the tallest sand piles (dunes) in North America.
What is the 'Great Sand Dunes National Park'?
This is a fast-moving landslide made mostly of watery mud.
Mud Slide ... duuh
This chocolate treat comes in a 'cup' filled with peanut butter.
What are Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?
This is the name for melted rock once it reaches the surface.
LaaaaaVAAAAAA!
These are the waves of energy that travel through the Earth during a quake.
What are Seismic waves?
This 'Mile High' city is the capital of Colorado.
What is Denver?
Wildfires increase landslide risk because they destroy these, which usually hold soil in place.
Plant roots (Trees especially)
These small, colorful fruit candies tell you to 'Taste the Rainbow.'
This type of volcano is wide and flat, looking like a warrior's shield.
Shield Volcano
This is the point on the Earth's surface directly above where the quake starts.
What is the Epicenter?
This deep canyon in western Colorado was carved by the Gunnison River.
The Black Canyon (of the Gunnison)
This is the steepness of a hill; the higher it is, the more likely a slide will happen.
Slope or Gradient
This 'Grandma candy' with a strawberry wrapper and soft center is making a comeback.
What are Strawberry Bon Bons?
This gas, often released during eruptions, can cause global cooling by blocking sunlight.
Sulfur Dioxide - that smells good I bet.
This giant ocean wave can be caused by an earthquake under the sea.
What is a Tsunami?