news bulletin – answers

Volcano watchers back in business

true/false

1. The Russians are setting up a brewery near the volcano. F: ‘something is brewing’ means something is beginning to happen
2. The volcano has been inactive for 15 hears. F: for 50 years
3. Smoke is coming out of the volcano. T
4. Scientists need lots of monitoring stations. T: this helps them do a better job
5. They hope to build new stations. F: they want them all to function
6. Ash released by eruption is a problem for planes. T: ‘endangers aviation’
7. This area of Russia is one of the most active in the world. T: seismologically active
8. Monitoring in the region is excellent. F: closer monitoring is needed
9. Better prediction of eruptions is needed. T
10. All ash releases can be detected. F: only the obvious ones at present