The Advantages and Disadvantages of Volcanoes

On what date did Mt. St. Helen's erupt?

18 May 1980

Mt. Vesuvius erupted in the year...

79AD

Volcanic tourism creates jobs in industries such as:

Accommodation, transport, tour guiding and souvenirs

California is home to the world's largest power plant of what energy type?

Geothermal

Geothermal energy

Heat that is generated by the plumes of magma that rise from the earth's core to the crust

Geothermal energy is most widely used in which country?

Iceland

On 24 June 1982, British Airways flight 9 was close to catastrophe after flying into the ash plume from which erupting volcano?

Mt. Galunggung

Ash & and fine aerosol particles filled the sky for many weeks after the 1991 eruption of which volcano?

Mt. Pinatubo

Volcanic activity also create fertile what?

Soils

Old Faithful Geyser is in which national park?

Yellowstone

In 2010, 26 European countries closed their airspace as a result of what?

a volcanic plume from the eruption of Mt. Eyjafjallajokull

Name the three most common precious metals formed as a result of a volcano?

gold, silver and lead

Brazil in South America is an example of an area that?

has fertile volcanic soils (used to produce coffee)

Volcanic ash and cinders create a large supply of?

minerals

Following the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, what blotted out the sun?

pyroclastic material

High yeilds of crops come from areas with volcanic...?

soil

Geothermal energy is the production of energy using natural...?

steam

Réunion Island, home to one of the most active volcanoes in the world, is located in which ocean?

the Indian ocean

Volcanoes are an important...

tourist attraction

The city of Pompeii is a popular...

tourist destination

When a caldera collapses, it can cause devastating sea waves called?

tsunamis