Eyjafallajokull 2010

Question 1

What type of plate boundary and which plates involved?

Answer 1

A constructive plate Margin

The North American plate and Eurasian plate

Question 2

At what rate are the plates moving apart?

Answer 2

2.5cm per year

Question 3

Where abouts in Iceland is it?

Answer 3

South coast

Question 4

When did the eruption occur?

Answer 4

April 2010 at the end of the Easter school holidays

Question 5

When was the main eruption?

Answer 5

14th April 2010

Question 6

How high was the ash plume?

Answer 6

10km

Question 7

Where was the dominant lava flow?

Answer 7

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Question 8

Why was ash distributed at a high velocity?

Answer 8

The magma had interacted with water, (melted ice in the crater)

Question 9

P.E: How many farmers and their families were evacuated from around the volcano?

Answer 9

500

Question 10

P.E: What road was shut?

Answer 10

M1

Question 11

P.E: What did local people have to wear?

Answer 11

Goggles and face masks as the ash was so thick

Question 12

P.E: How many farms were destroyed by flooding and ash?

Answer 12

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Question 13

P.E: What happened to some of the lambs?

Answer 13

Could not drink local water supplies, (high conc of fluoride)

Question 14

P.E: How thick was the ice cap that melted?

Answer 14

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Question 15

P.E: How many tonnes of CO2 were emitted each day?

Answer 15

30,000

Question 16

S.E: Which flights were cancelled?

How many?

Answer 16

European and Trans-Atlantic flights

107,000

Question 17

S.E: What percentage of air traffic was stopped over eight days?

Answer 17

48%

Question 18

S.E: How much of Kenya’s economy is based on the export of green vegetables?

Answer 18

20%

Question 19

S.E: How many farmers were temporarily unemployed in Kenya?

Answer 19

50,000

Question 20

S.E: Which industry saw reduced demand?

Answer 20

Tourism

Question 21

S.E: Name 2 affected sporting events

Answer 21

The French Rugby League

2010 Japanese Motorcycle Grand Prix

Question 22

S.E: How much did London lose in tourism?

Answer 22

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Question 23

S.R: Why were sections of the Route 1 embankment breached?

Answer 23

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Question 24

S.R: How many beds were set up at Schiphol airport by the Dutch Red Cross?

Answer 24

1,500

Question 25

S.R: Why were Icelandic farmers warned not to let cattle drink?

Answer 25

Since it had a high concentration of fluoride

Question 26

S.R: Why did countries like the UK track ash?

Answer 26

In order to figure out when to stop cancelling air flights which were costing their economies

Question 27

S.R: What did the Icelandic Met Office do?

Answer 27

Monitored Eyjafallajokull 24/7 and observed all 30 active volcanoes and recorded any signs of possible activity

Question 28

S.R: What did the Icelandic Red Cross do?

Answer 28

Distributed beds in airports

Question 29

S.R: Who set up a 24 hour hotline informing Icelandic residents of updates?

Answer 29

The Red Cross

Question 30

L.R: What did stranded passengers demand?

Answer 30

Compensation

Question 31

L.R: What did Ryan Air try and argue in court?

Answer 31

That it was an extraordinary event because they chose to continue with flights despite the ash

Question 32

L.R: What’s Futurevolc?

Answer 32

A 3.5 year project involving 26 groups in order to develop new ways of monitoring volcanoes

Question 33

L.R: Give 3 examples of groups involved with Futurevolc?

Answer 33

Air Traffic Control
Airlines
London VAAC

Question 34

L.R: Which project featured €80 billion in volcanic monitoring?

Answer 34

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Question 35

L.R: What do Horizon 2010 do?

Answer 35

Research ways to support Europe’s economic competitiveness (7year project)

Question 36

L.R: 3 ways that the Civil Aviation Authority has helped?

Answer 36

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