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