Other volcanos
This volcano in Italy destroyed the city of Pompeii.
What is Mount Vesuvius?
When did Mount Tambora erupt?
What is 1815?
How many people died from the eruption?
What is about 70,000?
The eruption caused this strange weather event in 1816, known as the “Year Without a ____.
What is summer?
Mount Tambora is located in this country.
What is Indonesia?
This Indonesian volcano erupted in 1883, causing loud explosions and tsunamis.
What is Krakatoa?
What is the estimated height loss after the eruption?
What is 1,500 meters or 4,900 feet?
This local kingdom was buried by ash and lost for over 100 years.
What is the Kingdom of Tambora?
Ash and gas from the eruption blocked sunlight and caused this global effect.
What is cooling (or climate change)?
Tambora is on this Indonesian island.
What is Sumbawa?
This U.S. volcano famously erupted in 1980.
What is Mount St. Helens?
After the eruption, a massive hole was formed. What is the hole called?
What is Crater or caldera?
Ashfall from the eruption destroyed this vital source of food.
What is crops or rice fields?
This deadly gas released from the volcano formed a haze that cooled the Earth.
What is sulfur dioxide?
Volcanoes like Tambora form where these giant plates of Earth’s crust meet.
What is Tectonic plates?
This is the name for hot liquid rock inside a volcano.
What is Magma?
What was Tambora's eruption rated on the VEI scale? from 0 to 8
What is 7?
The eruption caused a large wave that hit nearby coastlines.
What is tsunami?
This country experienced food shortages and cold weather in summer due to the eruption.
What is United States (or Europe also acceptable)?
Tambora is part of this volcanic region around the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire?
Tambora’s eruption released more energy than hundreds of these man-made weapons.
What is atomic bombs (or nuclear bombs)?
Tambora is considered the most powerful eruption in recorded history based on this volcanic scale.
What is the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)?
This kind of archaeological discovery helped historians learn about the lost people of Tambora.
What is buried buildings or skeletons (acceptable: ruins)?
This famous horror novel was written during the gloomy weather caused by Tambora.
What is Frankenstein?
Tambora sits on the edge of this ocean
What is the Indian Ocean?