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Decade Volcanoes: Quiz

  
  
  

Question 1: Mount Merapi, ________, Indonesia
Central JavaYogyakartaWest JavaBali

Question 2: Ulawun, ________, Papua New Guinea
Admiralty IslandsBismarck ArchipelagoNew Ireland (island)New Britain

Question 3: The Civil War in Guatemala affected studies of Volcán Santa María until a ceasefire was called in 1996, while ongoing civil war in the ________ has hampered studies of Nyiragongo volcano.
Democratic Republic of the CongoGabonCentral African RepublicRwanda

Question 4: Scientists and civil defence leaders decided to try to dam the flow higher up, and did so by dropping large ________ blocks into a skylight in a lava tube which was feeding the flow.
StreetConcreteRoadBrick

Question 5: The flow was threatening the town of Zafferana, and had overwhelmed several barriers placed perpendicular to its flow down a ________.
ValleyDrainage basinCanyonSediment transport

Question 6: One of the most notable was the successful diversion of a lava flow and blanket at ________ in 1992.
TeideMount EtnaMount AragatsMount Elbrus

Question 7: ________
Timetable of major worldwide volcanic eruptionsSupervolcanoPacific Ring of FireVolcanic Explosivity Index

Question 8: Mount Nyiragongo, ________
RwandaCentral African RepublicDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo

Question 9: The eruptive history of ________ volcano is now much better established than previously, and at Taal Volcano the importance of water in driving its explosive eruptions has come to light.
Cerro Azul (Chile volcano)GalerasTungurahuaNevado del Ruiz

Question 10: Hopes that ________ funding might be available for Decade Volcano projects did not come to fruition, and funding was sought instead from a variety of sources.
United NationsIsrael, Palestine, and the United NationsUnited Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUnited Nations Security Council
















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