Tradgey
Physics
Damage
Cleanup
Recovery
100

What type of disaster happened?

Landslide

100

What constant acted upon the rocks?

Gravity

100

how many people were killed in the disaster?

Margin of erorr is 10 people.

57

100

How long did clean up last?

Closet wins

1 year

100
Did mt St Helens ever recover?

yes

200

When did the disaster happen?

1980

200

Newton's 2nd law?

F=ma

200

A long term effect of the landslide?

soil temp increased, oxygen production decreased, erosion increased, animals forced out, or increased turbidity.

200

_______ was used to remove debris from roadways.

Heavy machinery

200

What year did the greenery first began to show signs of coming back?

Margin of error is 2 years.

1990

300

What state did the disaster happen in?

Wahshington

300
The rock's potential energy was this type?

Gravitational potential energy.

300

What is turbidity?

The state of being clouded usually because of stirred-up sediment.

300

________ involves taking sediment from the bottom of water channels.

Dredging

300

By what year was the greenery returned almost fully

Margin of error is 3 years

2014

400

What was the cause of the disaster

5.0 magnitude EQ

400

The rocks stayed in place until the eq, this is an example of what physics law?

Newton's 1st law

400

How many big game animals were killed? 

Closest wins

>7,000

400

This was constructed to catch debris flowing downstream.

Wire and rock dams

400

What was one species to re-inhabit the mountain. 

Prairie lupine, elk, rainbow trout, mountain goats, or wild strawberries

500

When in the day did this landslide occur?

Morning

500

Things such as trees, houses, landmasses, and cars reduced the rock's ____________?

Kinetic energy

500

approximatly how many kilometers of roads were destroyed?

Closest wins.

300 km

500

Approximately how much USD did the US gov spend on clean up costs alone?

Margin of error is 50 million.

$327 million 

500

what species was one of the first to repopulate the affected area?

The Prairie Lupine/ The pretty purple flower