This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Earth > Volcanoes – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Volcanoes Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is the most common type of volcano A) Composite. B) Cinder cone. C) Shield. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Composite. 2. How long can the finest ash particles from a volcanic eruption remain in the atmosphere? A) Between hours and days. B) Between days and weeks. C) Between weeks and months. D) Between months and years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between weeks and months. 3. Which type of volcano if found in the Hawaiian Islands with thick flowing, slow moving lava? This is the most common type of volcano on earth. A) Cinder Cone. B) Composite. C) Lava Dome. D) Shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shield. 4. Where is the largest Supervolcano in North America? A) Beneath Mt St Helens. B) In the Appalachian Mountians. C) Beneath Yellowstone. D) Beneath the Catskills Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beneath Yellowstone. 5. Which is NOT a type of volcano? A) Shield Volcano. B) Composite Volcano. C) Pahoehoe Volcano. D) Cinder Cone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pahoehoe Volcano. 6. Occurs when magma is ejected to the vent: A) Earthquake. B) Eruption. C) Lava flow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eruption. 7. This type of eruption has an explosive ejection with water interaction. A) Phreatic eruption. B) Plinian eruption. C) Surtseyan eruption. D) Hawaiian eruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surtseyan eruption. 8. Which factor does not affect the explosivness of an eruption? A) Amount of water vapor. B) Type of magma. C) Amount of gasses. D) Size of the volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Size of the volcano. 9. Opening in the side of a volcano through which volcanic materials erupts. A) Side vent. B) Pipe. C) Magma Chamber. D) Central vent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Side vent. 10. A fluid's thickness and resistance to flow is called ..... A) Viscosity. B) Consistency. C) Thickness. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viscosity. 11. What level of a house do you go to if there is a volcano? A) Upstairs. B) Main level. C) Basement. D) Doesn't madder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basement. 12. Which type of volcano has a steep cone-shaped hill or mountain made with only pyroclastic flow? A) Cinder cone volcano. B) Shield volcano. C) Composite volcano. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cinder cone volcano. 13. Volcanoes that have not erupted for at least 10, 000 years are described as ..... A) Sleeping. B) Dormant. C) Active. D) Extinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extinct. 14. What are the mountains that form as blocks of rock move up or down along normal faults. A) Folded Mountains. B) Fault-Block Mountains. C) Shield Mountains. D) Mole-hill Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fault-Block Mountains. 15. A hot, fast moving type of lava that hardens to form smooth, rope-like coils! A) Aa. B) Pahoehoe. C) Silica. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pahoehoe. 16. Where is the area of the Ring of Fire located? A) Indian Ocean. B) Arctic Sea. C) Atlantic Ocean. D) Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacific Ocean. 17. Which of the following is NOT a product of volcanic eruption? A) Lava flow. B) Volcanic Gas. C) Magma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magma. 18. What do scientist study to determine the possibility of a future volcanic eruption? A) How old it is. B) History of its past eruptions. C) How tall it is. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) History of its past eruptions. 19. What does not come out of volcanos? A) Ash. B) Lava. C) Rock. D) Chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chocolate. 20. Which of the following gases is not typically found in volcanic activity? A) Water vapor. B) Sulfur. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Argon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Argon. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesVolcanoes Quiz 1Volcanoes Quiz 2Volcanoes Quiz 3Volcanoes Quiz 4Volcanoes Quiz 5Volcanoes Quiz 6Volcanoes Quiz 7Volcanoes Quiz 8Volcanoes Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books