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3. Were your sandals appropriate footwear for hiking on a volcano? *

6. What is the name of the meridian line you are stradling? *

MeridanoGreenwich Meridano Central European Meridano Dell Etna Meridano Filopanti

8. Where are you? (Select all that apply) *

On the moon On the top of Mount Etna On the most incredible place on earth On a place that I would go back to in an instant!

9. Although it wasn't planned this way, why did it end up that your clothing choices for the day were appropriate (well, except for the sandals)? *

To save on laundry Because the air was cold with the wind but the earth was warm from the lava.

11. According to Adrian Room’s book Place-names of the World, the name Etna originated from the Phoenician word "Attuna" meaning: *

Beautiful Furnace Mountain

12. Volcanic activity first took place at Etna about ____________ years ago, with eruptions occurring beneath the sea off the ancient coastline of Sicily. *

5 5,000 50,000 500,000

13. Thousands of years ago, the eastern flank of the mountain experienced a catastrophic collapse, generating an enormous landslide in an event similar to that seen in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The landslide left a large depression in the side of the volcano, known as 'Valle del Bove' (Valley of the Ox). Research published in 2006 suggested this occurred around 8000 years ago, and caused a huge___________, which left its mark in several places in the eastern Mediterranean. It may have been the reason the settlement of Atlit Yam (Israel), now below sea level, was suddenly abandoned around that time. *

Eartquake Tsunami Headache

14. A study on the damage and fatalities caused by eruptions of Etna in historical times reveals that only 77 human deaths are attributable with certainty to eruptions of Etna, most recently in 1987 when two ________ were killed by a sudden explosion near the summit. *

Goats Monkeys Tourists Beavers

Welcome Brittany to Mount Etna!