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WorksheetsA Volcano: Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Iceland is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the plates are moving at a rate of 1-5cm a year
True
False
Iceland sits on which 2 plates:
North-American plate
Eurasian plate
South American plate
African plate
What plate tectonic boundaries
conservative
destructive
constructive
collision
The disruption caused by Eyjafjallajökull started on the 20th March and ending in the October of 2010.
True
False
Short term effects:
The 150m thick ice cap melted, which caused major flooding to much of Iceland’s infrastructure.
0 reported deaths
Airspace closed across Europe, with at least 17,000 ights a day being cancelled.
Crops were destroyed by ash
It is located approximately 125 km ??? of the capital Reykjavik
NorthEast
West
SouthEast
East
Economic effects included:
The eruption cost insurers £65million to customers with cancelled flights.
Airlines lots up to $200 million each day due to postponed flights.
Fresh food imports stopped
Kenya’s flower council says the country lost $1.3m a day in lost shipments to Europe
10 million airline passengers affected and stranded abroad
The eruption was only ???? on the volcanic explosivity index (VEI).
1
3
6
9
Short term management included:
Some 700 people were evacuated from the disaster zone three times in the past month.
The European Red Cross provided food for the farming population
Iceland had a good warning system with texts being sent to residents with a 30-minute warning.
The emergency services were prepared with advanced equipment.
Long term management and changes include:
Monitoring the larger sister volcano Katla
Building houses on stilts
Insurance companies and airlines have reviewed their policies to customers.
Some airlines have built ash monitoring equipment onto their aircraft for safety.
