i have the answers to 1,2,3,4 can you answer 5,6,7 please. thank you Part 2: Vol

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i have the answers to 1,2,3,4 can you answer 5,6,7 please. thank you

Part 2: Volcanic hazards in the Pacific Northwest Use information on the Web to answer these questions. I would start with the Smithsonian Global Volcanism website: http://www.volcano.si.edu/ Congratulations! You have just accepted a job offer in Tacoma, Washington. You now need to find a place to live in the area, and friends have suggested the nearby bedroom community of Orting as a place to check out. You drive there and are immediately impressed by the incredible view of nearby Mount Rainier. Having just taken EES 220 at UK last semester, you wonder if there is a risk from volcanic hazards in the area, but your always-cheerful real estate agent assures you that the volcano has not erupted for a long time and poses no risk to the town. You decide to check things out for yourself, however, and go on the Internet to search for volcanic hazards associated with Mt. Rainier. The following are questions you (and your professor) want answered.

1. What type of volcano is Mt. Rainier? (1 pt)

2. What rock composition(s) is(are) associated with this volcano? (1 pt)

3. According to the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program website, when was the last time the volcano erupted? (1 pt) 4. Based on this map of volcanic hazards in the area http://www.mapwatch.com/gallery/volcanic-hazard-map.shtml which volcanic hazard(s) exist in Orting, Washington? How often do events represented by this hazard occur? (1 pt)

5. Considering that the summit area of Mt. Rainier is covered to a large extent by glacial ice, would residents of the Orting area be threatened in any way by a small eruption from the volcano that only sent a few small lava flows down the flanks, none reaching more than 1 km from the summit? If so, why? (1 pt)

6. Is there anything about the geographic terrain in the vicinity of Orting (e.g. topography, location relative to rivers, etc.) that increases its risk from volcanic hazards? (1 pt)

7. What steps have been taken by the residents of Orting to reduce the risk of volcanic hazards affecting their town? (1 pt)

Explanation / Answer

5)Yes, Tacoma area residents would be threatened by a small eruption from the volcano, even at1km or less from the summit because some of the aforementioned can melty snow and iceswiftly producing a flood of meltwater that would pick up loose rocks, forming into a mud slideor Lahar (rapidly flowingslurriesof mud and boulders). Therefore, even a small eruption from aVolcano that is covered in ice can pose a huge threat because one of the greatest risks at the volcano comes from this previously discussed potential for huge lahars that are triggered bymagma-water-ice interaction rather than from an eruption itself. Even if lava flows reach lessthan a mile, the outcome this eruption could travel for kilometers................

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