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Tectonic Hazards Journeys into the

We are going to watch a clip from a BBC Four programme, Journeys into the Ring of Fire, where we will take a look at the long-term, worldwide effects from the eruption of in 1815.

Task: as we watch, complete the match-up exercise below.

Mount Tambora, in Indonesia, … which was the result of a erupted in 1815… volcano collapsing in on itself.

The eruption created a caldera … leaving countries in the 8km wide and over a km Northern Hemisphere suffering

deep,… severely. As crops failed to germinate, over 200,000 people died.

50 cubic km of rock were blasted into the atmosphere … which was the largest from the eruption, which was known eruption of the last millennium. spread by the wind…

The debris from the eruption … creating a layer so thick contained particles of that the sun’s rays were

Sulphur… reflected back into space, causing the planet to cool.

In 1816, the world became so … which had devastating consequences, including crop that it was known as ‘The Without a ’… failure and famine as far as and America.

Tectonic Hazards Journeys into the Ring of Fire

We are going to watch a clip from a BBC Four programme, Journeys into the Ring of Fire, where we will take a look at the long-term, worldwide effects from the eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815.

Answers

Mount Tambora, in Indonesia, … which was the result of a erupted in 1815… volcano collapsing in on itself.

The eruption created a caldera … leaving countries in the 8km wide and over a km Northern Hemisphere suffering

deep,… severely. As crops failed to germinate, over 200,000 people died.

50 cubic km of rock were blasted into the atmosphere … which was the largest from the eruption, which was known eruption of the last millennium. spread by the wind…

The debris from the eruption … creating a layer so thick contained particles of that the sun’s rays were

Sulphur… reflected back into space, causing the planet to cool.

In 1816, the world became so … which had devastating consequences, including crop cold that it was known as ‘The ’… failure and famine as far as Europe and America.