Major volcanic eruption: Mount Tambora, 1815

Question 1

Mount Tambora is located on…………….Island in …………………

Answer 1

Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

Question 2

the 1815 eruption was the

Answer 2

largest recorded eruption in history

Question 3

U.S. Geological Survey’s Volcano Explosivity Index, Tambora scored a …………
this is………times more explosive than Mount St Helens in 1981

Answer 3

seven out of eight

100 times more powerful

Question 4

between ……………and ………………people died on the island itself immediately after the eruption

Answer 4

10,000 and over 90,000 people killed in short term impact

Question 5

the eruption released………………..of sulphur aerosols

Answer 5

100 megatons of sulphur aerosols into the atmosphere

Question 6

the sulphur compounds released reflect sunlight back into space, which led to a …………..degree celcius …………..in global temperatures for ……years

Answer 6

0.5 degree Celcius decerase for 3 years

Question 7

the global impacts of the Tambora eruptions were:

Answer 7

• changes in the patterns of monsoons in India, leading to starvation
• rice paddies in China were destroyed in crippling cold rains
• in the USA, cold weather destroyed harvests

Question 8

today, more than ………….people live within 100km of Tambora while …………..people live within 30km

Answer 8

1 million within 100km

100,000 within 30km

Question 9

in the Iceland Erupetion of 2010, …..people died

Answer 9

no one died