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
