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Volcanoes & Earthquakes

Shake, rattle, and erupt your way through 30 explosive questions about the powerful forces shaping our planet!

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Three questions from this pack. Guess first, then reveal the answer — in the game, everyone answers on their phone and the TV shows who got it right.

  1. Q1 Which of these is a real type of volcano shape?

    • Square volcano
    • Shield volcano
    • Spiral volcano
    • Cube volcano
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    Shield volcano — A shield volcano is a real type, with wide, gently sloping sides like a warrior's shield lying flat.

  2. Q2 Hot underground water that erupts as a fountain of steam is called a what?

    • Glacier
    • Geyser
    • Lagoon
    • Crater
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    Geyser — A geyser is a hot spring that shoots steam and boiling water into the air, like Old Faithful in Yellowstone.

  3. Q3 Modern scientists often measure earthquake size using which scale, which improved on the Richter scale?

    • Celsius scale
    • Decibel scale
    • Moment magnitude scale
    • Saffir-Simpson scale
    Show the answer

    Moment magnitude scale — The moment magnitude scale, used since the 1970s, measures the total energy of an earthquake more accurately.

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