General view of the world, close to the evacuated city of Grindavik, in Iceland, November 17, 2023.
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Questions:
1. Name the volcano that erupted in 1783 close to the Vatnajokull glacier. The eruption is notable for spewing an infinite quantity of lava and portions of minerals. The native local weather was altered to such an extent by the eruption that round 25% of the nation’s inhabitants on the time died consequently.
2. X is the identify of a volcano that erupted in 2011, and earlier than that in 2004, 1902, and some different events. At the time of its eruption, it was the biggest in Iceland in half a century, and disrupted flights over the close by components of Europe for per week. The ash it blew out dispersed out to Scotland and England. X can also be Iceland’s most energetic volcano. Name X.
3. Scientists categorized the eruption of X (within the earlier query) as a Plinian eruption, also called ________ eruptions as a result of of the similarity of their options to a well-known eruption in 79 AD that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in Rome. These eruptions are distinguished by highly effective bursts of fuel, and volcanic materials like rocks and sizzling gases shot up into the stratosphere. Fill within the clean.
4. In 2010, an ice cap referred to as ________________ in Iceland witnessed three months of volcanic exercise throughout which a volcano launched copious quantities of ash, a lot in order that it disrupted air journey to an extent second solely to the Second World War. The exercise heated a close-by glacier river, referred to as Krossa, by 6 levels C. Fill within the clean.
5. In October after which November this 12 months, seismologists detected a big quantity of earthquakes a couple of kilometres beneath the floor close to the Svartsengi volcanic system. By November 10, they’d recorded greater than 20,000 tremors. The Iceland Meteorological Office stated an eruption was imminent. Name the city that Iceland evacuated as a precaution.
Visual:
______________ (proven above) is a uncommon instance of a tuya volcano: a volcano that was energetic on the identical time it had glacier cowl. This one is situated in Vatnajokull National Park. Fill within the clean.
Answers:
1. Skaftareldar
2. Grimsvotn
3. Vesuvian
4. Eyjafjallajokull
5. Grindavik
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