Mount Baker
Mount Baker
  • 1. In which US state can Mount Baker be found?
A) California
B) Alaska
C) Colorado
D) Washington
  • 2. What type of volcano is Mount Baker?
A) Caldera volcano
B) Shield volcano
C) Stratovolcano
D) Cinder cone volcano
  • 3. What is the most common activity for visitors to Mount Baker?
A) Paragliding
B) Kayaking
C) Rock climbing
D) Hiking
  • 4. What is the name of the nearby ski area to Mount Baker known for its deep snowfall?
A) Aspen Snowmass
B) Mount Baker Ski Area
C) Whistler Blackcomb
D) Vail
  • 5. What is the name of the national park that Mount Baker is a part of?
A) Yellowstone National Park
B) Yosemite National Park
C) Glacier National Park
D) North Cascades National Park
  • 6. What is the primary hazard associated with Mount Baker's volcanic activity?
A) Pyroclastic flows
B) Ashfall
C) Lava flows
D) Lahars
  • 7. What is the traditional name for Mount Baker in the Lushootseed language?
A) Takhoma
B) Louwala-Clough
C) Kulshan
D) Wy'east
  • 8. What is the name of the iconic volcanic peak visible from Seattle and Puget Sound in Washington?
A) Mount Rainier
B) Mount St. Helens
C) Mount Adams
D) Mount Hood
  • 9. What is the largest glacier on Mount Baker called?
A) Sherman Glacier
B) Coleman Glacier
C) Deming Glacier
D) Easton Glacier
  • 10. Which explorer named Mount Baker in 1792?
A) George Vancouver
B) Christopher Columbus
C) Lewis and Clark
D) Captain James Cook
  • 11. Which Indian Reserve is located near Mount Baker?
A) Neah Bay Indian Reservation
B) Nooksack Indian Reservation
C) Muckleshoot Indian Reservation
D) Warm Springs Indian Reservation
  • 12. What is the name of the prominent horseshoe-shaped crater on the southeast flank of Mount Baker?
A) Boulder Crater
B) Majestic Crater
C) Sherman Crater
D) Darrington Crater
  • 13. What is the nearest major city to Mount Baker?
A) Bellingham
B) Vancouver
C) Seattle
D) Portland
  • 14. In which volcanic arc is Mount Baker located?
A) Aleutian Volcanic Arc
B) Andes Volcanic Arc
C) Ring of Fire
D) Cascade Volcanic Arc
  • 15. How old is the current volcanic cone of Mount Baker likely to be?
A) no more than 140,000 years, possibly no older than 80–90,000 years
B) 1.5 million years
C) 500,000 years
D) 200,000 years
  • 16. What is the volume of snow and ice on Mount Baker?
A) 0.43 cubic miles (1.79 km3)
B) 1.00 cubic mile (4.19 km3)
C) 0.25 cubic miles (1.04 km3)
D) 0.75 cubic miles (3.14 km3)
  • 17. What record did Mount Baker Ski Area set in 1999?
A) highest elevation ski resort
B) world record for recorded snowfall in a single season—1,140 inches
C) longest ski run
D) most visitors in a single year
  • 18. What is the rank of Mount Baker's height within Washington state?
A) first-highest mountain
B) third-highest mountain
C) second-highest mountain
D) fifth-highest mountain
  • 19. Which explorer first recorded Mount Baker in writing and what name did he give it?
A) James Cook, Great Snowy Mountain
B) Gonzalo Lopez de Haro, Gran Montaña del Carmelo
C) Joseph Baker, Mount Baker
D) George Vancouver, Mount Baker
  • 20. What does the Nooksack name 'Kweq' Smánit' mean?
A) white mountain
B) many meadows
C) shooting place
D) permanently snow-covered mountain
  • 21. What does the Lushootseed name 'təqʷubəʔ' mean?
A) white mountain
B) permanently snow-covered mountain
C) shooting place
D) many meadows
  • 22. Which group of people were generally barred from Mount Baker due to hostile relations with the Nooksack?
A) The Spanish explorers
B) The Thompson
C) The Lummi
D) The Halkomelem-speaking peoples
  • 23. Who set sail from Nootka in 1790 to explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca?
A) George Vancouver
B) Manuel Quimper of the Spanish Navy
C) Joseph Baker
D) Isaac I. Stevens
  • 24. Which explorer wrote about Mount Baker being a natural landmark for Puget Sound?
A) George Vancouver
B) Joseph Baker
C) Manuel Quimper
D) Isaac I. Stevens
  • 25. In what year did Edmund Thomas Coleman make his first attempt to climb Mount Baker?
A) 1948
B) 1870
C) 1866
D) 1868
  • 26. Which route did Edmund Thomas Coleman initially choose for his first ascent of Mount Baker?
A) Via the Skagit River
B) Via the North Fork of the Nooksack River
C) Via Marmot Ridge
D) Via the Middle Fork Nooksack River
  • 27. What was Edmund Thomas Coleman forced to turn back due to during his first attempt?
A) Threatening weather
B) Local Native Americans refusing him passage
C) An overhanging cornice of ice
D) Lack of supplies
  • 28. Who were the companions that helped Coleman in his successful ascent on August 17, 1868?
A) Ralph and Dick Widrig
B) Local Native Americans
C) John Bennett and Fred Beckey
D) Edward Eldridge, John Tennant, David Ogilvy, and Thomas Stratton
  • 29. Who completed a notable ascent on Mount Baker's North Ridge in August 1948?
A) David Ogilvy and Thomas Stratton
B) John Bennett and John Tennant
C) Edmund Thomas Coleman and his companions
D) Fred Beckey and Ralph and Dick Widrig
  • 30. What older volcanic cone sits beneath Mount Baker?
A) Sherman Crater
B) Black Buttes
C) Coleman Glacier
D) Roman Wall
  • 31. What type of eruptions has Mount Baker not had like other volcanoes in the Cascade Volcanic Arc?
A) Steam eruptions
B) Magmatic eruptions
C) Lahars or debris flows
D) Highly explosive eruptions
  • 32. What type of rock primarily constitutes Mount Baker and other Cascade Range volcanoes like Rainier, Adams, and Hood?
A) Andesite
B) Dacite
C) Rhyolite
D) Basalt
  • 33. What type of rock is formed around Dorr Fumarole and Sherman Crater due to hydrothermal alteration?
A) Weak, white-to-yellow clays
B) Basalt
C) Andesite
D) Granite
  • 34. What mineral is common around the fumaroles on Mount Baker?
A) Sulfur
B) Quartz
C) Feldspar
D) Calcite
  • 35. What was the VEI level of most confirmed eruptions from Mount Baker?
A) VEI 4
B) VEI 2
C) VEI 5
D) VEI 3
  • 36. In which year did explorers report a widespread layer of newly fallen rock fragments?
A) 1891
B) 1792
C) 1860
D) 1843
  • 37. Which climate type is found at Mount Baker?
A) Alpine tundra
B) Desert
C) Temperate rainforest
D) Tropical savanna
  • 38. How many named glaciers descend from Mount Baker?
A) Eight
B) Nine
C) Eleven
D) Thirteen
  • 39. What was the surface area of Coleman Glacier in acres?
A) 625 acres
B) 500 acres
C) 750 acres
D) 1285 acres
  • 40. During which period did Mount Baker's glaciers advance?
A) 1950 to 1975
B) 1900 to 1925
C) 1945 to 1965
D) 1980 to 2000
  • 41. What is the estimated time frame for Mount Baker's glaciers to disappear due to global warming?
A) By 2025
B) By 2030
C) Around 2055 or 2075
D) By 2100
  • 42. In what year was the USS Mount Baker (AE-34) scrapped?
A) 2005
B) 2018
C) 2012
D) 2020
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