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Volcán Wolf - Quiz
Volcán Wolf
  • 1. What is the alternative name for Volcán Wolf?
A) Mount Whiton
B) Theodor Mountain
C) Mount Wolf
D) Isabela Peak
  • 2. What is the height of Volcán Wolf?
A) 2,000 m
B) 1,500 m
C) 1,710 m
D) 1,600 m
  • 3. On which island is Volcán Wolf located?
A) Isabela Island
B) Santa Cruz Island
C) Wolf Island
D) Fernandina Island
  • 4. Who was Volcán Wolf named after?
A) The king of Spain
B) A German explorer named Whiton
C) A local Galápagos navigator
D) Theodor Wolf
  • 5. What shape is commonly used to describe Volcán Wolf?
A) Conical mountain
B) Flat plateau
C) Spire structure
D) Upturned soup bowl
  • 6. What type of volcano is Wolf?
A) Lava dome
B) Cinder cone
C) Shield volcano
D) Stratovolcano
  • 7. How many volcanoes make up Isabela Island?
A) Seven
B) Six
C) Five
D) Four
  • 8. What is the estimated age of the Wolf volcano itself?
A) 10 million years
B) Less than half a million years
C) 5 million years
D) 1 million years
  • 9. What is the approximate depth of the caldera of Volcán Wolf?
A) 1,000 m
B) 300 m
C) 500 m
D) 700 m
  • 10. When was the first historical eruption of Volcán Wolf recorded?
A) 1700
B) 1900
C) 1850
D) 1797
  • 11. What is the topographic prominence required to be considered an ultra prominent peak?
A) Over 2,000 m
B) Over 1,000 m
C) Over 500 m
D) Over 1,500 m
  • 12. What is the approximate rate of movement of the Nazca Plate over the mantle plume?
A) 0.46 degrees per million years
B) 0.80 degrees per million years
C) 1.00 degrees per million years
D) 0.10 degrees per million years
  • 13. Which other volcano in the Galápagos has a caldera of similar depth to Wolf?
A) Cerro Azul
B) Darwin
C) Alcedo
D) Ecuador
  • 14. What is the maximum slope angle of Volcán Wolf?
A) 35 degrees
B) 20 degrees
C) 10 degrees
D) 45 degrees
  • 15. When did the last recorded eruption of Volcán Wolf take place?
A) 2020
B) Early January 2022
C) 2018
D) 2015
  • 16. Where are the newest lavas found on Volcán Wolf?
A) Only at the peak
B) Eastern and southern sides
C) Northern and western sides
D) Only at the base
  • 17. What causes the stepped appearance of the Wolf caldera?
A) Underground lava tunnels
B) Movement of the Nazca Plate
C) Collapse following an eruption
D) Erosion from rainfall
  • 18. What is the estimated age of the oceanic plate beneath Wolf?
A) 50 million years
B) Around 10 million years
C) Half a million years
D) 2 million years
  • 19. Lava flows from Wolf are similar to those erupted from which location?
A) Ecuador volcano
B) Sierra Negra
C) Galapagos Spreading Center
D) Fernandina Island
  • 20. Where is the mantle plume for the Galapagos archipelago centered?
A) Fernandina
B) Isabela
C) Wolf
D) Darwin
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