Basic
Which country is Mount Tambora located in?
Mount Tambora is located in Indonesia.
What is the current approximate height of Mount Tambora?
The current approximate height of Mount Tambora is 10,000 feet.
What is the VEI measurement of Mount Tambora's eruption?
Mount Tambora's eruption is a 7 on the VEI scale.
In which year did Mount Tambora erupt?
Mount Tambora erupted in 1815.
What is the place where 75% of the world's volcanoes are located called?
The Ring of Fire is a border around much of the edge of the pacific plate where most of the world's volcanoes are located.
Which island is Mount Tambora located in?
Mount Tambora is lcoated in Sumbawa, ID.
Which type of volcano is Mount Tambora?
A. Cinder cone volcano
B. Shield volcano
C. Composite volcano
D. Lava dome volcano
C. Composite volcano
What was the year after Mount Tambora's eruption called?
The year after Mount Tambora's eruption was called 'the year without a summer.'
What is a seismometer?
A seismometer measures spikes in the frequency and intensity of earthquakes in areas near volcanoes.
What happened to the planet's temperature as a result of Mount Tambora's eruption in the years that followed?
Mount Tambora's eruption caused cooling worldwide. The temperatures dropped by around 1°C.
What caused Mount Tambora's eruption?
Mount Tambora erupted as a result of magma reacting with the water that seeped in through cracks in the volcano.
Which plate subducted under which plate to form Mount Tambora?
Mount Tambora was formed as a result of the Indo-Australian subducting under the Eurasian plate.
How many people died as a result of Mount Tambora's eruption (direct and indirect)?
Around 100,000 people died as a result of Mount Tambora's eruption.
How many cubic meters of deposits did Mount Tambora release?
Mount Tambora release around 150 cubic km of deposits.
Which substance (known as H²S0⁴) causes the sunlight to be reflected away from Earth?
Sulfuric acid (H²S0⁴) is composed of sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen. Sulfur dioxide mixes with water particles in the air to form sulfuric acid, which reflects incoming sunlight.