--- title: Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 47 «Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / Famous eruptions and living with volca… # Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes The 14 questions of lesson 47 «Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 77 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t1/) — A cartoon shows the people of Pompeii slowly drowned by a river of lava they could easily outwalk. What's closer to the truth? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t2/) — "snow in june?? in 1816?? why" — right ✓ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t3/) — Your mate says: "Only idiots live next to a volcano." What's the fairer answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t4/) — What would happen today if a Tambora-size eruption happened again? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t5/) — A volcano's ground has swollen 50 cm and small quakes are happening every hour. What should the authorities do? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t6/) — "bloody volcano in iceland and my holiday flight's cancelled, what a joke" Why was it cancelled? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t7/) — How could Laki in Iceland kill so many people without burying any town? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t8/) — Mount St Helens erupted sideways, not straight up. Why? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t9/) — A clever puzzle: Krakatoa's bang was heard nearly 5,000 km away. Sound travels about 1,200 km an hour. Roughly how long after the blast did the far listeners hear it? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/t10/) — Why is Iceland one of the few countries that heats almost all homes from the ground? — right ✓ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the consequences of the eruption of Tambora in 1815? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which human settlement persists in the vicinity of active volcanoes. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the monitoring of volcanoes. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/e4/) — It is given that the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull occurred in 2010. Ascertain the consequence thereof which is consistent with the established facts. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [46. Volcanoes: how and where](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/) - next →: [48. Igneous rocks and the rock cycle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/) - ↑ back to [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/)