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