Mount Etna - Multiple Choice Exercise
Quiz
Mount Etna lies
- on an Italian island
- in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
- oin a tectonic plate between Europe and Asia
Mount Etna has been active
- for a short time
- for a geologically long time
- since its first outbreak in 1669
In 1669
- the worst outbreak destroyed parts of Catania
- the government tried to divert lava flows away from Catania
- the first observatory was built on Mount Etna
Around Mount Etna there are
- slopes with fertile soil
- no trees at all
- calderas with ash in them
The higher parts of the volcano are covered with
- ash and sand
- vineyards
- birch and chestnut trees
A caldera is
- formed when the top of the volcano collapses
- a lava flow that hits a major city
- molten rock that is stuck in a volcano