Volcanic Eruption
Two main types of volcanic eruptions
What are the Effusive and explosive
Which U.S. volcano erupted in 1980, causing major destruction?
What is Mount St. Helens
Gas released by volcanoes that contributes most to cooling?
What is Sulfur dioxide
The main cause of the Permian-Triassic extinction
What was Siberian Traps volcanic eruptions
Celestial event that contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs?
What is Asteroid impact
Magma when it reaches the surface called?
What is Lava
The Indonesian volcano that caused the loudest recorded explosion in 1883?
What is Krakatoa
Volcanic eruptions temporarily lower global temperatures?
What is ash and SO2 reflect sunlight
Volcanic event that contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs
What is a Deccan Traps eruptions
The greenhouse gas is primarily responsible for modern climate change
What is Carbon dioxide
determines whether an eruption is explosive
What is the viscosity and gas content of magma
Which Icelandic volcano disrupted European air travel in 2010?
What is Eyjafjallajökull
Term that describes the cooling effect caused by volcanic ash blocking sunlight
What is Volcanic winter
Modern volcanic eruptions does not cause mass extinctions?
What is smaller and less sustained
How do wildfires impact the atmosphere
What is the release of CO2, cause air pollution
Give the term for a mixture of hot gas, ash, and rocks flowing down a volcano?
What is Pyroclastic flow
1815 volcanic eruption led to the "Year Without a Summer"?
What is Mount Tambora
How did Mount Pinatubo's 1991 eruption impact global temperatures?
What is It cooled Earth by about 0.5°C
Supervolcano eruptions are different from regular ones
What is larger eruptions lasting longer
El Niño and La Niña?
What are climate patterns affecting ocean temperatures
A volcano with gentle slopes and erupts basaltic lava is called
What is Shield volcano
The primary cause of death from Pompeii’s Mount Vesuvius eruption?
What is a Pyroclastic flow
The long-term effect of CO2 released by volcanic eruptions?
What is Greenhouse warming
How did the Siberian Traps eruptions cause climate change?
What is the Release of CO2 and methane, causing warming
How does deforestation affect the atmosphere?
What is reduces oxygen, increases CO2
The opening at the top of a volcano is called?
What is a Crater
Which volcano in Hawaii has been continuously erupting?
What is Kilauea)
Why do some volcanic eruptions lead to acid rain?
What is Sulfur dioxide combines with water to form sulfuric acid
The percentage of life lost in the Permian extinction?
What is about 90%
How do ocean currents regulate Earth’s climate?
What is distribute heat globally
dormant volcano
What is a volcano that has not erupted recently but may erupt again
The name of the massive volcanic caldera beneath Yellowstone?
What is Yellowstone Supervolcano
The main way volcanic eruptions impact air quality
What is :ash and gases cause pollution
How did Deccan Traps eruptions affect dinosaurs before the asteroid impact?
What is altered climate, reduced food sources
How does industrial pollution impact the atmosphere?
What is the release of CO2, SO2, and other pollutants
Volcano formed by alternating layers of lava and ash is called.
What type is Stratovolcano
The island where a volcanic eruption formed in 2013 in the Pacific Ocean?
What is Nishinoshima, Japan
How can volcanic eruptions impact agriculture?
What is: Ash can fertilize soil but also block sunlight
Why do mass extinctions linked to volcanism take thousands of years?
What is Gradual buildup of gases and environmental changes
How do large-scale volcanic eruptions compare to human-caused climate change?
What is human activities that release CO2 faster
The name of a small volcanic rock ejected during an eruption?
What is Tephra
A type of lava that is slow-moving and forms jagged surfaces?
What is a Aa lava
What is the long-term consequence of volcanic activity on Earth's atmosphere?
what is: Carbon cycling and climate shifts)
Flood basalts are
What is large-scale lava flows linked to past extinctions
Why do ice ages happen?
What is changes in Earth's orbit, volcanic activity, and greenhouse gas levels
The Ring of Fire?
What is a region with frequent earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
Large depressions formed when a volcano collapses?
What are Calderas
Why do volcanoes near the equator have a larger climate impact?
What is: Their ash spreads globally
the connection between volcanic eruptions and ocean acidification?
What is CO2 emissions lower ocean pH
How can we reduce human impact on climate change
What is use renewable energy, reduce emissions