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.
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 cold that it was known as ‘The Year Without a Summer’… failure and famine as far as Europe 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 Year Without a Summer’… failure and famine as far as Europe and America.