This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Earth > Volcanoes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Volcanoes Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is an extinct volcano? A) Sleeping volcano. B) Cone volcano. C) A dead volcano. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A dead volcano. 2. The Hawaiian Islands are made up of mostly ..... volcanoes. A) Cinder cone. B) Composite. C) Shield. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shield. 3. A volcano that hasn't erupted in a long time. A) Dormant. B) Dead. C) Hot spots. D) Ring of fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dormant. 4. The word "quake" means to ..... A) Plates. B) Shake. C) Spin. D) Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shake. 5. What is the resistance of a liquid, such as lava, to flow? A) Pyroclasticity. B) Silica. C) Elasticity. D) Viscosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Viscosity. 6. Why is a shield volcano called a shield volcano? A) Because its cool. B) Because its made of rock. C) Because it looks like warrior's shield lying on the ground. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it looks like warrior's shield lying on the ground. 7. An eruption that occurs when gas-rich (high water content), pasty (high silica content) lava accumulates to form a dome on the volcano edifice or beneath its surface; consequently, the dome bursts with explosive violence. A) Vulcanian. B) Pelean. C) Phreatic. D) Phreatomagmatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pelean. 8. A weak to violent eruption characterized by lava fountains and outbursts of molten lava. A) Vulcanian. B) Plinian. C) Strombolian. D) Phreatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strombolian. 9. A major belt of volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean. A) Tectonic line. B) Ring of Fire. C) Mid-ocean ridge. D) Caldera ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ring of Fire. 10. The smallest lava fragments produced by an explosive eruption A) Ash. B) Cinders. C) Bombs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ash. 11. It refers to volcanoes that have not erupted for at least 10 000 years and are not expected to erupt again in the future. A) Active. B) Potentially active. C) Inactive. D) Volcanic island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inactive. 12. The most common type of volcano is a ..... A) Shield. B) Cinder cone. C) Composite. D) All volcanoes are most common. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Composite. 13. Which of the following is the shape of a volcanic island? A) CALDERA. B) SHIELD. C) COMPOSITE. D) CINDER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SHIELD. 14. At what type of boundary would you likely find a composite cone? A) Hotspot. B) Convergent. C) Divergent. D) Transform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convergent. 15. Volcanoes are found along: A) Convergent plate boundaries. B) Divergent plate boundaries. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 16. Which of the following terms are used to describe a volcano that may erupt at any time? A) Shield volcano. B) Active volcano. C) Extinct volcano. D) Dormant volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active volcano. 17. Because the ash was in the air what could not fly? A) Birds. B) Balloons. C) Airplanes. D) Kites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Airplanes. 18. Which is the least dangerous volcanic hazard? A) Pyroclastic flow. B) Tsunami. C) Lava. D) Lahar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lava. 19. A mixture of hot ash, lava, rock and gases pouring down the side of a volcano A) Minerals. B) Pyroclastic. C) Lahar. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pyroclastic. 20. Which type of lava cools while it flows forming ropy texture? A) Pyroclastic. B) Pahoehoe. C) Pillow. D) Aa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pahoehoe. 21. A volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt in the future is called A) Extinct. B) Active. C) Dormant. D) Sleeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active. 22. The opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano. A) Pipe. B) Vent. C) Crater. D) Aa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vent. 23. Weathering and erosion occur over many ..... A) Hours. B) Years. C) Months. D) Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Years. 24. The Earth's crust is broken into pieces called A) Rocks. B) Glass. C) Plates. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plates. 25. A line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the A) Ring of Fire. B) Aleutian Islands. C) Hawaiian Islands. D) Caribbean Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ring of Fire. 26. Considered the most explosive and powerful of all eruptions. A) Plinian. B) Strombolian. C) Vulcanian. D) Hawaiian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plinian. 27. Cinder Cone volcanoes have ..... A) Pyroclastic material forming steep slopes. B) Constant extreme eruptions. C) Gently sloping sides. D) Large, inward craters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pyroclastic material forming steep slopes. 28. The smooth surfaces on Earth's moon that are visible from Earth are A) Craters where meteors smashed into the moon. B) Areas where lava flowed more than three billion years ago. C) Mountain ranges. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Areas where lava flowed more than three billion years ago. 29. The Ring of Fire is ..... A) Has the same number of earthquakes every year. B) Is just a song. C) An area full of tectonic plate boundaries. D) Has a few active volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An area full of tectonic plate boundaries. 30. Why do volcanoes swell? Because A) Air builds up inside it. B) There is too much rain. C) Magma pushes up inside it. D) Lava shoots out and falls back inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magma pushes up inside it. 31. Liquid magma flows upward through cracks in rock because it is A) Less dense than the surrounding solid material. B) More dense than the surrounding solid material. C) High in viscosity. D) A liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less dense than the surrounding solid material. 32. This volcano is small and usually erupts over a short time A) Composite. B) Cinder cone. C) Shield. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cinder cone. 33. What might happen if a major volcanic eruption occurred every year? A) Nothing out of the ordinary. B) The earth's crust might be depleted of rocks. C) Global temperatures might cool by several degrees. D) Global temperatures might rise by several degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global temperatures might cool by several degrees. 34. Where can we locate Mt. Patoc? A) Kalinga. B) Mt.Province. C) Apayao. D) Benguet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benguet. 35. An active volcanic area on earth is found at ..... A) Diverging Boundaries. B) Converging Boundaries. C) Hot Spots. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 36. What kind of lava rock forms under water? A) Blocky lava. B) Pillow lava. C) Aa lava. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pillow lava. 37. The author wants your help in creating a heading for paragraph 6. Which heading would BEST fit paragraph 6? A) Experiments with Volcanoes. B) The Land Effects of Eruptions. C) The Weather Effects of Eruptions. D) The Parts of the Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Weather Effects of Eruptions. 38. The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following? A) Subduction Boundary. B) Hot Spot. C) Divergent Boundary. D) Transform Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hot Spot. 39. Volcanoes are formed because of A) Continental Drift. B) Transform Plates. C) Plate Tectonics. D) Pangea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate Tectonics. 40. Erosion is caused by ..... A) The sun. B) The stars. C) The wind. D) Cold air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The wind. 41. What are risks associated with volcanoes? A) Lava can bury, crush, cover, and burn everything in its path. B) It can cause floods and lahars. C) Neither. D) 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 and 2. 42. Describes a volcano that is not currently active, but that may become active in the future. A) Extince. B) Dormant. C) Sleeping. D) Hibernation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dormant. 43. Hotspots are found ..... A) At convergent boundaries. B) At transform boundaries. C) At divergent boundaries. D) In the middle of a plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the middle of a plate. 44. Which type of volcano is built by alternating layers of lava flows and ash flows? It can be very explosive. A) Shield. B) Lava Dome. C) Cinder COne. D) Composite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Composite. 45. They are small, usually less than 300 m high, and are formed near or inside large volcanoes. A) Shield Volcanoes. B) Composite cone volcanoes. C) Strato Volcanoes. D) Cinder Cone volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cinder Cone volcanoes. 46. What is magma called when it reaches Earth's surface? A) Crater. B) Molt. C) Lava. D) Shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lava. 47. How are volcanoes related to lahar? A) There is a mudslide in the middle of a volcano. B) Lahars are a hot or cold mixture of water and rocks that flow down the slope of a volcano. C) When a volcano explodes it creates a mudslide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lahars are a hot or cold mixture of water and rocks that flow down the slope of a volcano. 48. What is an example of a natural disaster? A) A traffic accident. B) A Volcano. C) A light breeze. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Volcano. 49. Which area is not known for having volcanoes? A) Diverging Boundaries. B) Mid-Ocean Ridges. C) Transform Boundaries. D) Where Plates Subduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform Boundaries. 50. Hot liquid rock under the Earth's surface is known as A) Ash. B) Magma. C) Lava. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magma. 51. What is / are sign(s) that a volcano may erupt soon? A) Earthquake activity in the area. B) Changes in the shape of the volcano. C) Different amounts of gas being produced. D) All of these are signs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are signs. 52. Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of fragments that lava is broken into during an explosive eruption? A) Cinders. B) Volcanic ash. C) Slabs. D) Bombs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slabs. 53. What kind of magma produces violent volcanic eruptions? A) Magma low in silica. B) Magma that is fluid, and runny. C) Magma that is high in gas content. D) Magma rich in iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magma that is high in gas content. 54. What are volcanoes? A) A mountain or hill that shoots lava. B) A very Angry Person. C) Lava. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A mountain or hill that shoots lava. 55. What is it called when large amounts of water covers land that is usually dry? A) Flood. B) Volcanic Eruption. C) Earthquake. D) Landslides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood. 56. Which of the following terms describes a volcanic 'flow' A) Nuee ardente. B) Ash. C) Lapilli. D) Cinder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuee ardente. 57. Which of these is an example of a constructive and destructive force? A) Deposition. B) Erosion. C) Flood. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flood. 58. Which phrase best describes a lava plateau? A) Steep-sided mountain. B) Gently sloping mountain. C) Hardened magma in a pipe. D) Volcanic material in valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcanic material in valleys. 59. What force is responsible for erosion and deposition in landslides? A) Gravity. B) Wind. C) Temperature. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gravity. 60. A type of eruption where magma flows easily, thin runny lava oozes quietly from the vent A) Rock eruption. 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