The Control of Nature Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Control of Nature Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cooling the Lava.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 result in what?
(a) Cooled lava.
(b) Debris buildup and redirected lava flows.
(c) Temporary halt of lava flows.
(d) Better seismic readings.

2. Throughout the book, a predominant theme is that the following gets in the way of man's plans:
(a) Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) The economy.
(c) Nature.
(d) Machinery.

3. What does the author observe about historical attempts to control lava?
(a) Too many workers perish.
(b) Lava is impossible to control.
(c) They're usually not successful.
(d) Most have worked well.

4. How are residents and livestock evacuated from Heimaey during the 1973 eruptions?
(a) By boats, trains, and planes.
(b) By ships and trains.
(c) By ships, planes, and boats.
(d) By trains and planes.

5. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?
(a) Quickly digging a diversion channel.
(b) Building concrete walls around the city.
(c) Layering sandbags along the riverbanks.
(d) Blowing up a downstream levee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?

2. When does the author visit Vestmannaeyjar?

3. The author retells the time when Raphael G. Kazmann walks out onto the five hundred and sixty-six foot structure over the Old River but leaves quickly because:

4. In the early days of New Orleans, residents build their homes on what?

5. Officials propose to protect Hilo, Hawaii's second-largest city and port, against lava flows through what?

(see the answer key)

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