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Yellowstone became a National park on March 1, 1872.
When did Yellowstone become a National Park?
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Around 4.86 million people visited the park in 2021.
how many people visit Yellowstone National park each year?
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the force of the Yellowstone eruption has much more force than Mount St. Helen.
What's the diffence between Yellowstone and mount ST. Helen?
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if there was an eruption it would instantly kill 100,000 people.
how would the eruption affect people around Yellowstone National park?
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President Grant signed a bill that made Yellowstone a National Park.
Who Started Yellowstone National Park?
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FALSE!!! Part of Yellowstone National Park resides in Montana and another part in Idaho.
True or False... Yellowstone is only in Wyoming
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Yellowstone's Magma chamber is 55 miles long and 18 miles wide.
how big is the volcanos magma chamber?
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there would be around 4 inches of gray ash and the ash cloud would expand 500 miles.
how would the ash affect the surrounding area in case of an eruption?
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YES, Yellowstone is monitored by the Yellowstone Volcano Observation.
is Yellowstone monitored?
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Yellowstone is 3,472 square miles.
How large is Yellowstone National Park?
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there was only one plate that created the caldera and it was the North American plate.
what plates created the Yellowstone caldera?
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we have around 100,000 years if we are going off the patterns we have seen for a possible eruption.
When is the Yellowstone Supervolcano estimated to erupt?
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Yellowstone is approximately 8,000 feet above sea level and occupies 1,000 square miles.
what is the size of the supervolcano?
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Yellowstone is a caldera.
what kind of volcano is Yellowstone?
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there were three previous eruptions. The three eruptions are 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago, and 640,000 years ago.
What previous eruptions has Yellowstone had in the past?
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watching the signs of an eruption-like ground movement and a bulge on top of the volcano.
How can we prepare for the impacts of a supervolcano eruption?
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True Yellowstone was the first national park in America.
true or false... Yellowstone was the first national park in America?
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Some volcanic features of Yellowstone are the heat from the mantle plume has melted rocks in the crust, and partially solid rock near Yellowstone's surface
What are some identifiable characteristics/features in Yellowstone to this day that indicate volcanic activity?
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eruption of magnitude 8 on the Volcano Explosivity Index, indicating an eruption of more than 1,000 cubic kilometers (250 cubic miles) of magma.
What is the Magnitude of a supervolcano eruption?
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it could cause what is called a cooling season which leads/could lead to a "year without summer" when another big volcano erupted.
how would it affect the climate?
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