How The Earth Was Made - Yellowstone Video Worksheet Template
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The History Channel’s - How the Earth Was Made – Yellowstone Video Sheet
Directions: While watching the video, answer each question below in the space provide on the right. Please
note, some of the questions are multiple choice.
Questions
Answers
1. What state is Yellowstone National Park (mostly) currently
1. A) Colorado
B) North Dakota
located in?
(0:38)
C) California
D) Wyoming
2. Up to how many earthquakes does Yellowstone experience in a
2.
year? (0:46)
3. A) 4.5 million
B) 3.2 billion
3. How old are some of the rocks in Yellowstone? (03:40)
C) 9,000 years
D) 8.9 billion
4.
4. What is Yellowstone’s star attraction? (04:30)
5. Regarding the boulder on the lake shore of Indian Ponds, where
5.
did it form and how did it get out of the ground? (07:30)
6.
6. What do the quartz crystals give clear evidence for? (10:50)
7. What are the only plants to grow in poor soil called Rhyolite?
7. A) Spruce Trees B) Lodgepole pines
(15:00)
C) Willows
D) White pines
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8. Why is Rhyolite Lava so explosive? (16:00)
9. What is the name of the unusually thin layer of black rock in the
9.
cliff face that erosion has exposed? (17:25)
10. How many miles across was the crater rim that was formed
10. A) 45 miles
B) 13 miles
when Yellowstone erupted? (22:00)
C) 25 miles
D) 2 miles
11. The last major eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera was
11.
640,000 years ago. How do scientists know that? (22:30)
12.
12. Why are there so many earthquakes under Yellowstone Park?
(29:32)
13.
13. The Hot Spot currently under Yellowstone appeared to have
been moving from earlier locations. However, this is not true, what
was really occurring? (35:09)
14. What island chain has also been formed in a pattern similar to
14.
Yellowstone’s features? (35:45)
15. A) 3,000 yrs
B) 5,000 yrs
15. The Hot Spot erupts approximately how often? (37:55)
C) 94,000 yrs
D) 600,000 yrs
16A)
16. What are two clues as to when the Yellowstone Volcano will
erupt again? (38:30)
B)
JPKreation revision – Taken from moviesheets.com; Originally created by Heidi Davis
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