Worksheets3. Plate Tectonics: Eyjafjallajokull - Geography CIE IGCSE
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 25mins
How do you spell the name of our volcano case study?
(a)
Where is Eyjafjallajokull?
Iceland
U.S.A.
Greenland
Australia
Norway
Where is Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland?
South East
North West
North East
South West
The name Eyjafjallajokull is a description of the characteristics of the volcano.
True
False
What does Eyja mean?
Island
mountain
glacier
volcano
What does fjalla mean?
Island
Mountain
Glacier
Volcano
What does jokull mean?
Island
mountain
glacier
Volcano
What are driving apart the North American Plate and the Eurasian plate?
Convection currents
war
Eyjafjallajokull volcano
Human activity
Which two plates are being driven apart at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
North American Plate
Eurasian Plate
Nazca Plate
Arabian Plate
Caribbean Plate
What type of plate boundary is the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
Constructive / Divergent
Conservative
Destructive / Convergent
What is the plate boundary called that runs through Iceland?
Mid Atlantic Ridge
San Andreas Fault
Queen Charlotte Fault
Pacific Ring of Fire
When did the Eyjafjallajokull eruption happen?
March-May 2010
June-July 2022
August-December 1918
January-February 2002
How many recorded earthquakes were there between March 3rd and 5th 2010?
3,000
30
3
300
When did the seismic activity start?
March 3rd
May 5th
March 5th
May 3rd
What were most of the earthquakes felt from March 3rd - 5th on the Richter scale?
less than 2
7.5
6
3
What was the major problem with the volcano?
Volcanic ash
Lahars
Pyroclastic flows
Lava
How high did the ash plume reach?
11,000 m
3,000 m
10,000 m
499 m
Did the Eyjafjallajokull ash plume reach the stratosphere?
Yes
No
What was the problem with the ash plume reaching the stratosphere?
It was distributed by the jet stream over Europe
It contributed to global warming
It increased carbon emissions
It pierced the Ozone layer
What part of the volcanic eruption posed a problem for aeroplanes?
The fine grained ash
The pyroclastic flows
The release of harmful gases
The volcanic bombs
The lava sprayed hundreds of feet into the air
Why was the ash a problem for aeroplanes?
Is there a glacier on Eyjafjallajokull?
Yes
No
What was the problem with Eyjafjallajokull glacier?
It caused a flood when the volcano erupted
It uses up farmland.
It is getting steadily nearer to Reykyjavik
It is melting
How many people had to evacuate due to the flood?
60
800
700
36
What damage did the flood do?
Wash away a section of the highway
Destroy homes and crops
Make the soil permanently waterlogged
Prevent the glacier from re-forming
Where did the wind carry the ash cloud?
Towards the centre of Iceland
Away from Iceland towards Europe
What did the people living 'downwind' of the volcano have to do?
Build mud barriers
Wear goggles and facemasks
Hide
Evacuate
What was the problem for those living in the rural areas downwind of the volcano?
The ash was very thick.
Volcanic bombs killed many people.
Poisonous gases were blown towards them.
Lahars covered their homes.
What was visibility like downwind to Eyjafjallajokull?
Very poor - down to a few metres
Very good - many miles
Good - a few miles
Poor - about a mile
How many farmers and their families had to be evacuated from the area around the volcano?
5000
500
50
5
What sort of farmers suffered most due to the ash?
Rice farmers
Cattle farmers
Grain farmers
Llama farmers
The roads around Eyjafjallajokull were not shut down.
True
False
What did the ash contaminate?
The soil
The ocean
Local water supplies
Why were farmers advised not to let their livestock dink from contaminated water supplies?
The ash cloud was visible to the naked eye in Europe
True
False
There was aviation disruption in Northern and Western Europe due to the ash cloud.
True
False
Was there a travel ban due to the ash cloud?
Yes
No
How long did the travel ban last?
8 days
3 hours
2 years
5 weeks
How many flights were cancelled in the travel ban?
Around 107,000
Around 3,909
Around 40,890
Around 24,560
How much of the total air traffic was cancelled due to the travel ban?
48%
5.6%
23%
37%
Give an estimate of the number of passengers delayed by the travel ban.
10 million
200,000
9,000,000
45,000
Give an example of a country outside Europe affected by the Eyjafjallajokull eruption
Kenya
South Africa
Niger
Bangladesh
How much of the Kenyan economy is based on the export of green vegetables (beans, sugar-snap peas and okra) and cut flowers to Europe?
20%
12%
6%
31%
How many flower stalks were left unsold in Kenya in the first 2 days of the travel ban?
Over 1 million
40,000
Around 50 thousand
200 thousand
How many Kenyan farmers were temporarily unemployed as their beans and peas could not be sold in Europe due to the travel ban?
over 50,000
4,000
Around 6 hundred
About nine thousand
What sort of weather did Britain have while the ash cloud existed?
Fine anticyclonic weather
Stormy weather
Extreme winds and rain
Hurricane Katrina
What do anticyclones bring?
Calm
still air
wind
Cyclones
rain
What was a problem with the anticyclonic conditions?
