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The 1980s

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A magnitude 5.1 earthquake caused a huge __________ on the volcano.
Christa __________ was a teacher from New Hampshire who was picked from thousands of teachers to fly with the Challenger.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill killed thousands of _________, including birds, fish, otters, seals, and whales.
Exxon tried to clean up the oil for 4 years using __________ and skimmers.
President Ronald __________ commissioned a committee to investigate the Challenger disaster.
The first sign that the volcano would erupt was an increase in ______________ activity.
In 1989, an oil tanker called the ___________ ____________ spilled millions of gallons of oil into the ocean.
The Exxon Valdez disaster occurred off the coast of ___________.
The Oil ___________ Act of 1990 was passed shortly after the Exxon spill.
On the morning of the Challenger launch, it was very cold and there was _______ on the ship.
The eruption of Mount St. Helen’s caused over $1 ____________ in damage.
Mount St. _______’s erupted in 1980.
After a miscommunication between the captain and the third mate, the Exxon Valdez crashed into the __________ Reef.
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The Exxon Valdez spilled about 11 __________ gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean.
The first American woman in space, Sally _________, had made her famous flight in the Challenger.
Dick ____________ was the commander of the Challenger mission.
A giant plume of ______ rose from the Mount St. Helen’s eruption.
Mount St. Helen’s is located in the state of __________.
In 1986, the Space Shuttle ___________ exploded shortly after take-off, killing all seven people aboard.
The space shuttle was the first ___________ spacecraft.
57 people were _________ in the Mount St. Helen’s eruption.
The captain of the Exxon Valdez was named Joseph ___________.
The Challenger broke apart due to a faulty O-_________ seal.
Another sign that the volcano would erupt was a ________ that formed on the side of the volcano.