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Mount Baker - Quiz
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  • 1. In which US state can Mount Baker be found?
A) Washington
B) Alaska
C) California
D) Colorado
  • 2. What type of volcano is Mount Baker?
A) Cinder cone volcano
B) Caldera volcano
C) Stratovolcano
D) Shield volcano
  • 3. What is the most common activity for visitors to Mount Baker?
A) Rock climbing
B) Paragliding
C) Kayaking
D) Hiking
  • 4. What is the name of the nearby ski area to Mount Baker known for its deep snowfall?
A) Vail
B) Whistler Blackcomb
C) Aspen Snowmass
D) Mount Baker Ski Area
  • 5. What is the name of the national park that Mount Baker is a part of?
A) North Cascades National Park
B) Yosemite National Park
C) Glacier National Park
D) Yellowstone National Park
  • 6. What is the primary hazard associated with Mount Baker's volcanic activity?
A) Pyroclastic flows
B) Lahars
C) Lava flows
D) Ashfall
  • 7. What is the traditional name for Mount Baker in the Lushootseed language?
A) Louwala-Clough
B) Kulshan
C) Wy'east
D) Takhoma
  • 8. What is the name of the iconic volcanic peak visible from Seattle and Puget Sound in Washington?
A) Mount St. Helens
B) Mount Adams
C) Mount Rainier
D) Mount Hood
  • 9. What is the largest glacier on Mount Baker called?
A) Coleman Glacier
B) Deming Glacier
C) Sherman Glacier
D) Easton Glacier
  • 10. Which explorer named Mount Baker in 1792?
A) Christopher Columbus
B) Captain James Cook
C) George Vancouver
D) Lewis and Clark
  • 11. Which Indian Reserve is located near Mount Baker?
A) Neah Bay Indian Reservation
B) Nooksack Indian Reservation
C) Warm Springs Indian Reservation
D) Muckleshoot Indian Reservation
  • 12. What is the name of the prominent horseshoe-shaped crater on the southeast flank of Mount Baker?
A) Majestic Crater
B) Boulder Crater
C) Darrington Crater
D) Sherman Crater
  • 13. What is the nearest major city to Mount Baker?
A) Seattle
B) Portland
C) Bellingham
D) Vancouver
  • 14. In which volcanic arc is Mount Baker located?
A) Aleutian Volcanic Arc
B) Ring of Fire
C) Andes Volcanic Arc
D) Cascade Volcanic Arc
  • 15. How old is the current volcanic cone of Mount Baker likely to be?
A) 200,000 years
B) no more than 140,000 years, possibly no older than 80–90,000 years
C) 500,000 years
D) 1.5 million years
  • 16. What is the volume of snow and ice on Mount Baker?
A) 1.00 cubic mile (4.19 km3)
B) 0.75 cubic miles (3.14 km3)
C) 0.25 cubic miles (1.04 km3)
D) 0.43 cubic miles (1.79 km3)
  • 17. During which period did Mount Baker's glaciers advance?
A) 1945 to 1965
B) 1980 to 2000
C) 1950 to 1975
D) 1900 to 1925
  • 18. What was the VEI level of most confirmed eruptions from Mount Baker?
A) VEI 4
B) VEI 5
C) VEI 3
D) VEI 2
  • 19. What mineral is common around the fumaroles on Mount Baker?
A) Calcite
B) Sulfur
C) Feldspar
D) Quartz
  • 20. What older volcanic cone sits beneath Mount Baker?
A) Sherman Crater
B) Black Buttes
C) Roman Wall
D) Coleman Glacier
  • 21. Who set sail from Nootka in 1790 to explore the Strait of Juan de Fuca?
A) Manuel Quimper of the Spanish Navy
B) George Vancouver
C) Isaac I. Stevens
D) Joseph Baker
  • 22. Who were the companions that helped Coleman in his successful ascent on August 17, 1868?
A) John Bennett and Fred Beckey
B) Local Native Americans
C) Ralph and Dick Widrig
D) Edward Eldridge, John Tennant, David Ogilvy, and Thomas Stratton
  • 23. What does the Lushootseed name 'təqʷubəʔ' mean?
A) many meadows
B) white mountain
C) shooting place
D) permanently snow-covered mountain
  • 24. Which explorer wrote about Mount Baker being a natural landmark for Puget Sound?
A) George Vancouver
B) Manuel Quimper
C) Isaac I. Stevens
D) Joseph Baker
  • 25. In what year was the USS Mount Baker (AE-34) scrapped?
A) 2020
B) 2018
C) 2012
D) 2005
  • 26. In what year did Edmund Thomas Coleman make his first attempt to climb Mount Baker?
A) 1870
B) 1868
C) 1866
D) 1948
  • 27. What type of rock primarily constitutes Mount Baker and other Cascade Range volcanoes like Rainier, Adams, and Hood?
A) Rhyolite
B) Andesite
C) Basalt
D) Dacite
  • 28. What record did Mount Baker Ski Area set in 1999?
A) highest elevation ski resort
B) longest ski run
C) most visitors in a single year
D) world record for recorded snowfall in a single season—1,140 inches
  • 29. How many named glaciers descend from Mount Baker?
A) Thirteen
B) Eight
C) Eleven
D) Nine
  • 30. Which climate type is found at Mount Baker?
A) Tropical savanna
B) Alpine tundra
C) Desert
D) Temperate rainforest
  • 31. What does the Nooksack name 'Kweq' Smánit' mean?
A) white mountain
B) permanently snow-covered mountain
C) many meadows
D) shooting place
  • 32. Which group of people were generally barred from Mount Baker due to hostile relations with the Nooksack?
A) The Lummi
B) The Halkomelem-speaking peoples
C) The Thompson
D) The Spanish explorers
  • 33. What type of eruptions has Mount Baker not had like other volcanoes in the Cascade Volcanic Arc?
A) Highly explosive eruptions
B) Steam eruptions
C) Magmatic eruptions
D) Lahars or debris flows
  • 34. What was Edmund Thomas Coleman forced to turn back due to during his first attempt?
A) Local Native Americans refusing him passage
B) An overhanging cornice of ice
C) Threatening weather
D) Lack of supplies
  • 35. Which explorer first recorded Mount Baker in writing and what name did he give it?
A) Gonzalo Lopez de Haro, Gran Montaña del Carmelo
B) Joseph Baker, Mount Baker
C) James Cook, Great Snowy Mountain
D) George Vancouver, Mount Baker
  • 36. Who completed a notable ascent on Mount Baker's North Ridge in August 1948?
A) Fred Beckey and Ralph and Dick Widrig
B) John Bennett and John Tennant
C) Edmund Thomas Coleman and his companions
D) David Ogilvy and Thomas Stratton
  • 37. What is the estimated time frame for Mount Baker's glaciers to disappear due to global warming?
A) Around 2055 or 2075
B) By 2100
C) By 2030
D) By 2025
  • 38. What is the rank of Mount Baker's height within Washington state?
A) third-highest mountain
B) fifth-highest mountain
C) second-highest mountain
D) first-highest mountain
  • 39. What was the surface area of Coleman Glacier in acres?
A) 625 acres
B) 500 acres
C) 750 acres
D) 1285 acres
  • 40. Which route did Edmund Thomas Coleman initially choose for his first ascent of Mount Baker?
A) Via the Middle Fork Nooksack River
B) Via the North Fork of the Nooksack River
C) Via Marmot Ridge
D) Via the Skagit River
  • 41. What type of rock is formed around Dorr Fumarole and Sherman Crater due to hydrothermal alteration?
A) Basalt
B) Andesite
C) Weak, white-to-yellow clays
D) Granite
  • 42. In which year did explorers report a widespread layer of newly fallen rock fragments?
A) 1792
B) 1891
C) 1843
D) 1860
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