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A) 26 February 2010 B) 20 March 2010 C) 14 April 2010 D) 3 March 2010
A) Increased local temperature B) Increased glacial melting C) Rapid expansion of the Earth's crust D) Visible smoke at the summit
A) Þorvaldseyri farm B) Fimmvörðuháls pass C) Skógar hiking trail D) The top crater
A) 15–20 kilometres B) 1–3 kilometres C) 50–100 kilometres D) 7–10 kilometres
A) 26 February 2010 B) 3 March 2010 C) 14 April 2010 D) 20 March 2010
A) Þorvaldseyri farm B) Fimmvörðuháls C) The main glacier crater D) The southern coast of Iceland
A) 500 metres B) 1 kilometre C) 100 metres D) 300 metres
A) 1 kilometre B) 50 metres C) 300 metres D) 185 metres
A) 20 March 2010 B) 14 April 2010 C) 1 May 2010 D) 23 May 2010
A) Lava fountains B) Seismic tremors C) Ash clouds D) Meltwater floods
A) 5,000 B) 800 C) 10,000 D) 100
A) The type of rock found at the summit B) The depth of the magma chamber C) Meltwater getting into the volcanic vent D) High atmospheric pressure
A) Six days B) Twelve days C) Two days D) One month
A) 500,000 B) 20 million C) 10 million D) 1 million
A) 1 August 2010 B) 23 May 2010 C) 20 March 2010 D) 14 April 2010
A) Dormant B) Active C) Erupting D) Extinct
A) Ocean buoys B) Temperature probes C) Cameras D) Infrasound sensors
A) 0.27 cubic km B) 1.0 cubic km C) 0.01 cubic km D) 5.0 cubic km
A) Hofsjökull B) Langjökull C) Mýrdalsjökull D) Vatnajökull
A) Cinder cone B) Lava dome C) Shield volcano D) Stratovolcano
A) East African Rift B) Himalayan fault C) Pacific Ring of Fire D) Mid-Atlantic Ridge
A) Hekla B) Eldfell C) Askja D) Katla
A) Peridotite to basalt B) Basalt to andesite C) Granite to diorite D) Rhyolite to dacite
A) Sulfur dioxide B) Fluoride C) Lead D) Mercury
A) VEI 5 B) VEI 1 C) VEI 7 D) VEI 3
A) 50–60% B) 10–20% C) 28–40% D) 70–80%
A) VEI 2 small summit eruptions B) VEI 1 effusive lava flows C) VEI 6 catastrophic explosive eruptions D) VEI 4 major fissure eruptions
A) Eldfell B) Katla C) Krafla D) Hekla
A) E20 B) E10 C) E5 D) E15
A) 50 km2 B) 80 km2 C) 100 km2 D) 66 km2
A) 2010 B) 1999 C) 1967 D) 1950
A) Dettifoss B) Skógafoss C) Gullfoss D) Seljalandsfoss
A) Island B) Glacier or ice cap C) Volcano D) Mountain
A) Craters B) Glaciers C) Islands D) Fells or mountains
A) Volcano of the sea B) Glacier of the landslide C) Islands' Mountains' glacier D) Northern ice cap
A) Greenland B) Vestmannaeyjar C) Shetland Islands D) Faroe Islands
A) Skógar B) Eyjafjöll C) Reykjavík D) Kirkjubæjarklaustur
A) 1999, 2005, and 2010 B) 920, 1612, and 1821–1823 C) 1700, 1800, and 1900 D) 2010, 2011, and 2012
A) Yes, it erupted simultaneously B) Yes, seismic activity was high C) No D) Yes, crust expansion was noted
A) 1990 B) 2005 C) 1999 D) 2010
A) NASA B) Icelandic President Ólafur Grímsson C) A volcano research team D) The Icelandic Meteorological Office
A) A large earthquake of magnitude 8 B) A permanent shutdown of local webcams C) A jökulhlaup destroyed a bridge D) A massive volcanic eruption
A) An end to all volcanic activity in Iceland B) Major flooding and massive ash plumes C) Immediate global climate cooling D) Permanent destruction of the Ring Road |