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6. Which of these is a human cause for landslides

  • An earthquake
  • Deforestation
  • La Nino

7. When is the Philippines storm season?

  • June - November
  • August - November
  • February - June

8. What did Mount Pinatubo's first eruption cause?

  • Huge lahars which killed 77 people
  • An ash cloud to form 20km into the atmosphere
  • A series of landslides causing 27 deaths

9. When did the first signs of Mount Pinatubo's eruption become seen?

  • June 1991
  • April 1991
  • June 1990

10. How many islands make up the Philippines?

  • 6700
  • 7000
  • 700

11. Which of the Philippines coasts face the Pacific ocean?

  • Eastern and Southern
  • Northern and Eastern
  • Northern and Southern

12. 350 people died from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption, which of these was not a cause of death

  • Disease
  • Lack of resources
  • Lahars

13. What were the signs that Mount Pinatubo was going to erupt?

  • Steam explosions and minor earthquakes
  • Minor earthquakes and local tsunamis
  • Local tsunamis and torrential rain

14. Which of these definitions of lahars is incorrect?

  • Intensly hot blasts of solid rock and ash, travelling at high speeds and high tempretures that burn and destroy on impact
  • Huge mudflows generated when lakes within the volcanic crater are released by the blast
  • When the heat instantly melts snowfields around the peaks of the volcano