<p>Supervolcano: movie questions Name ______</p><p>1. In the movie, how is “Virgil” supposed to help volcanologists at Yellowstone?</p><p>2. What did the earthquake cause after a landslide was triggered?</p><p>3. What was the magnitude of the earthquake?</p><p>4. Mr. Lieberman said the earthquake was not volcanic in origin, what does he believe caused the earthquake?</p><p>5. Why is Old Faithful no longer erupting in the movie?</p><p>6. About how many earthquakes occur in Yellowstone every year?</p><p>7. What is a super eruption?</p><p>8. Why are scientists cautious about what they say in the media?</p><p>9. Why are there dead trees along the caldera rim at Sour Creek Dome?</p><p>10. What does FEMA mean? </p><p>11. How do the scientists decide how large a magma chamber is? </p><p>12. What is the worst case scenario based on the 2.1 million year ago eruption?</p><p>14. What makes volcanoes hard to predict? 15. What did scientists do to find out more about the possibility of a super eruption? 16. What is the “surefire sign” of an eruption? What does it indicate? </p><p>18. Why should everyone in the world be worried by days 3 and 4? What evidence is presented in the movie?</p><p>19. How did the media and politics play into the decisions made by USGS prior to the eruption?</p><p>20. When did the global effects start to be felt? What were they?</p><p>21. What was the most surprising thing to you in this movie?</p><p>22. Overall how would you rate this movie? Explain,</p>