✔️Yellow Stone - Supervolcano Flashcards
1
Q
What is a super volcano?
A
A mega volcano that erupts at least 1000km cubes of material
2
Q
What is a caldera?
A
Depression of the super volcano marking the collapsed magma chamber
3
Q
3 local effects of a Yellowstone eruption?
A
10000 km cubed of lava erupted - enough to cover whole of USA up to 12.5cm thick
87,000 killed
Everything within a 100 mile radius would be destroyed
4
Q
3 global effects of a Yellowstone eruption
A
Economies would collapse
Ash in the atmosphere could lower global temperature by 20 degrees Celsius
A cold volcanic winter
5
Q
When was the lasts eruption at Yellowstone?
A
630,000 years ago
6
Q
Where is Yellowstone?
A
The USA
