Central Island National Park - Quiz
  • 1. What is another name for Central Island?
A) Crocodile Island
B) Lion Island
C) Giraffe Island
D) Elephant Island
  • 2. Where is Central Island located?
A) Near Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
B) Off the shore of Mombasa, Kenya
C) On the coast of Lake Victoria in Uganda
D) In the middle of Lake Turkana in Kenya
  • 3. Which organization governs Central Island National Park?
A) United Nations Environment Programme
B) World Wide Fund for Nature
C) Kenya Wildlife Service
D) African Wildlife Foundation
  • 4. What type of geological formation primarily composes Central Island?
A) Basaltic
B) Sedimentary
C) Granitic
D) Metamorphic
  • 5. How many small islands to the southeast represent partially submerged crater rims?
A) None
B) Two
C) Several
D) One
  • 6. What is the highest point on Central Island above sea level?
A) 750 meters
B) 650 meters
C) 550 meters
D) 450 meters
  • 7. How high is the island's peak above the lake surface?
A) 190 meters
B) 290 meters
C) 90 meters
D) 390 meters
  • 8. What geological feature cuts across the eastern side of Central Island?
A) A large river valley
B) A deep canyon
C) A chain of small explosion craters
D) A mountain range
  • 9. How wide can the largest lakes on Central Island be?
A) Two kilometres
B) Half a kilometre
C) Three kilometres
D) Up to a kilometre
  • 10. What is the depth of the craters that contain the largest lakes on Central Island?
A) About 100 meters
B) About 80 meters
C) About 150 meters
D) About 50 meters
  • 11. What type of volcanic activity is observed along the NE-to-SE rim of the central crater?
A) Earthquakes
B) Fumarolic activity
C) Lava flows
D) Tsunamis
  • 12. What was observed by visitors in the 1930s at Central Island?
A) Lava flows reaching the lake
B) Earthquakes
C) Sprays of sulfur from fumaroles
D) Large eruptions
  • 13. In which year were intense emissions of molten sulfur and steam clouds observed from the mainland?
A) 1964
B) 1984
C) 1974
D) 1994
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