This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Earth > Volcanoes – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Volcanoes Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When magma flows out of the volcano it is called A) Air. B) Water. C) Egg shells. D) Lava. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lava. 2. Volcanoes that are made of basalt lava flows are called ..... A) Shield volcanoes. B) Composite volcanoes. C) Stratovolcanoes. D) Cone volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shield volcanoes. 3. Where is the Ring of Fire located? A) Atlantic Plate. B) Pacific Plate. C) Japanese Plate. D) North American Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacific Plate. 4. Positive effects of Volcanic eruption: A) Can provide opportunities for generating geothermal energy. B) Provide valuable nutrients for the soil. C) Provide dramatic scenery. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 5. During a volcanic eruption, what covers the ground? A) Lava. B) Magma. C) Fire. D) Ash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ash. 6. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is a flat shield-shaped volcano that was formed by A) Runny lava. B) A cloud. C) Rock piles. D) Clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runny lava. 7. What is a hot spot? A) An area in the interior of a plate where hot magma escapes Earth's crust. B) An area where you can get wireless internet. C) A place on your skin that burns. D) A popular place to hang out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An area in the interior of a plate where hot magma escapes Earth's crust. 8. What do earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building have in common? A) They occur suddenly. B) They are measured by seismographs. C) They result from plate motion. D) They cause major disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They result from plate motion. 9. Which of the following terms best describes a volcano that is dead and unlikely to erupt again? A) Dormant volcano. B) Extinct volcano. C) Shield volcano. D) Caldera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinct volcano. 10. A plate moving over a stationary pool of magma A) Volcano. B) Lava. C) Island Chain. D) Hot spot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hot spot. 11. Which of these volcanic particulates is the largest in size? A) Block. B) Ash. C) Bomb. D) Lapilli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Block. 12. A ..... is the name of the hole at the top of the volcano's vent A) CRATER. B) CHAMBER. C) FLOW. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CRATER. 13. What provides the force that causes magma to erupt to the surface? A) The silica in the magma. B) Dissolved gases trapped in the magma. C) Gravity in the lithosphere. D) The density of the magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dissolved gases trapped in the magma. 14. What is Earth's crust broken into? A) Egg shells. B) Plates. C) Dishes. D) Shields. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plates. 15. Composite Volcanoes have ..... A) Explosive and nonexplosive eruptions. B) No eruptions. C) Broad, short sides. D) Explosive eruptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explosive and nonexplosive eruptions. 16. Mitigation includes all of the following EXCEPT A) Equipment to clear debris. B) Public education. C) Land zoning. D) Collecting historical data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equipment to clear debris. 17. An eruption resulting from the release of large quantities of accumulated magmatic gas, which lifts fine ash with great force high into the air, forming voluminous cauliflower clouds. A) Pelean. B) Phreatomagmatic. C) Vulcanian. D) Phreatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vulcanian. 18. The eruptions on Neptune's moon Triton involve A) Molten lava similar to Earth's volcanoes. B) Sulfur. C) Liquid nitrogen. D) Salt water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liquid nitrogen. 19. What is a mountain through which molten lava and gases erupt called? A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Ring of Fire Mountain. D) Continental drift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcano. 20. Which volcano is the LEAST explosive? A) Shield. B) Cinder Cone. C) Composite. D) Machu Picchu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shield. ← 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