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The nuez ardente hit St. Pierre on May 8th, 1902, occurred at approximately what time of day

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8 am

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The greatest twentieth century loss of life from a volcanic eruption was the eruption of

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Mt. Pelee

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A subduction zone occurs to the ________ of Martinique where the ________ tectonic plate is subducted

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east, South American

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All the islands of the Lesser Antilles are volcanic

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True

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Most ships at anchor in the bay of St. Pierre also were destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Pelze

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True

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Only one St. Pierre survivor lived long enough to tell of his ordeal. Where was he found?

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In his jail cell

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There were no eruptions on Martinique during historic times, until the year St. Pierre was destroyed

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False

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Because of its sturdy construction which of the following St. Pierre buildings survived the eruption intact?

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none of these survived intact

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Martinique is a department of what country?

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France

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When the shallow still in the Etand Sec eroded away a ________ was sent down the Rivizre Blanche to the sea

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lahar

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In what year did an eruption of Mt. Pelze destroy the city of St. Pierre?

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1902

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Prior to the eruption, the formation of a lake in the crater of Mt. Pelze was caused by

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rising magma pushed up groudwater

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Today the principal crops of Martinique are

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sugar cane and bananas

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Volcanic eruptions can be accompanied by electrical discharges in their ash clouds

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True

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The entire island of Martinique is built almost entirely of

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coalesced pyroclastic flows

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The process that buried the Gurrin rum and sugar factory also caused what to happen in St. Pierre?

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A small tsunami

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Submarine cables were cut not long before the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Pelze and probably has nothing to do with the subsurface movement of magma

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False

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Some weak nuze ardentes occurred prior to the deadly Mt. Pelze eruption but were not cause for most of the St. Pierre population to evacuate

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True

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Martinique is on this tectonic plate

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Caribbean

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Today St. Pierre, Martinique, is uninhabited

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False

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What destroyed the plantation and guerin sugar and rum factory on the Riviere Balnche?

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A lahar

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The village of Prcheur, on the coast, was cutoff from the rest of Martinique by

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Lahars and pyroclastic flows

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What kind of volcano is Mt. Pelee?

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Stratovolcano

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The French use the term Peleean cloud for cloud for the type of glowing, destructive, hot avalanche of gas and ash inundated St. Pierre

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Nuee Ardente

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The mayor and governor advised the population to evacuate St. Pierre

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False

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The Etang Sec on Mt. Pelee was where the deadly pyroclastic flows originated from. What geologic feature was the Etang Sec?

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a caldera from an older eruption

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Martinique is an island in the

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Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles

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Sporadic eruptions of Mt. Pelee continued for decades after the destruction of St. Pierre

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True

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The Needle of Pelee was a tall and slender

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volcanic dome formed by very viscous lava pushed up though the vent

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The walls of most buildings in St. Pierre are composed of what type of material

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volcanic rocks

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