ThatQuiz
|
Test Library
|
Take this test now
Volcán Wolf - Quiz
Volcán Wolf
  • 1. What is the alternative name for Volcán Wolf?
A) Mount Whiton
B) Mount Wolf
C) Theodor Mountain
D) Isabela Peak
  • 2. What is the height of Volcán Wolf?
A) 1,500 m
B) 1,600 m
C) 2,000 m
D) 1,710 m
  • 3. On which island is Volcán Wolf located?
A) Wolf Island
B) Santa Cruz Island
C) Fernandina Island
D) Isabela Island
  • 4. Who was Volcán Wolf named after?
A) Theodor Wolf
B) A local Galápagos navigator
C) The king of Spain
D) A German explorer named Whiton
  • 5. What shape is commonly used to describe Volcán Wolf?
A) Conical mountain
B) Upturned soup bowl
C) Flat plateau
D) Spire structure
  • 6. What type of volcano is Wolf?
A) Shield volcano
B) Stratovolcano
C) Cinder cone
D) Lava dome
  • 7. How many volcanoes make up Isabela Island?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Five
D) Seven
  • 8. What is the estimated age of the Wolf volcano itself?
A) Less than half a million years
B) 10 million years
C) 5 million years
D) 1 million years
  • 9. What is the approximate depth of the caldera of Volcán Wolf?
A) 700 m
B) 1,000 m
C) 300 m
D) 500 m
  • 10. When was the first historical eruption of Volcán Wolf recorded?
A) 1900
B) 1700
C) 1850
D) 1797
  • 11. What is the topographic prominence required to be considered an ultra prominent peak?
A) Over 1,500 m
B) Over 1,000 m
C) Over 2,000 m
D) Over 500 m
  • 12. What is the approximate rate of movement of the Nazca Plate over the mantle plume?
A) 1.00 degrees per million years
B) 0.80 degrees per million years
C) 0.10 degrees per million years
D) 0.46 degrees per million years
  • 13. Which other volcano in the Galápagos has a caldera of similar depth to Wolf?
A) Alcedo
B) Darwin
C) Ecuador
D) Cerro Azul
  • 14. What is the maximum slope angle of Volcán Wolf?
A) 10 degrees
B) 35 degrees
C) 45 degrees
D) 20 degrees
  • 15. When did the last recorded eruption of Volcán Wolf take place?
A) 2018
B) 2020
C) Early January 2022
D) 2015
  • 16. Where are the newest lavas found on Volcán Wolf?
A) Only at the peak
B) Eastern and southern sides
C) Only at the base
D) Northern and western sides
  • 17. What causes the stepped appearance of the Wolf caldera?
A) Movement of the Nazca Plate
B) Collapse following an eruption
C) Erosion from rainfall
D) Underground lava tunnels
  • 18. What is the estimated age of the oceanic plate beneath Wolf?
A) Half a million years
B) 2 million years
C) 50 million years
D) Around 10 million years
  • 19. Lava flows from Wolf are similar to those erupted from which location?
A) Galapagos Spreading Center
B) Ecuador volcano
C) Fernandina Island
D) Sierra Negra
  • 20. Where is the mantle plume for the Galapagos archipelago centered?
A) Isabela
B) Wolf
C) Darwin
D) Fernandina
Created with That Quiz — the math test generation site with resources for other subject areas.