reading questions #3

Question 1

1. What are several different factors that result in Mount Meager being classified as a very high threat?

Answer 1

deemed to harm people and damage properly based on its geology and the exposure risk.

location. its peak looks out over the town

Question 2

2. Why is Mount Meager a difficult volcano to study?

Question 3

3. How does a glaciovolcanic cave form? Describe the appearance of these caves.

Answer 3

glaciovolcanic caves form when heat and gas from the volcano warp the ice of glaciers above, creating tunnels that are morphing

look like a cathedral of ice. white and blue rooms carved into ice, with curved walls that look like they are made of giant white seashells

Question 4

4. Describe the type of equipment that the cavers needed before they were able to embark on a multi-day expedition.

Answer 4

life support system (work in deadly gas)

Question 5

5. Why is the study of the diversity of microbes in water beneath glaciers important?

Question 6

6. How do scientists typically map caves? Why was that method not possible in this cave?