Volcanoes Quiz 2 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which kind of volcano will probably never erupt again?

Correct Answer: B) An extinct volcano.

2. What do you do when a volcano is about to erupt?

Correct Answer: B) Go to the lower level of the building your in.

3. Which type of magma has the lowest gas content?

Correct Answer: A) Basaltic Magma.

4. What type of volcano is Mt. Fuji in Japan?

Correct Answer: C) Composite Volcano.

5. When magma squeezes between layers of rock, it forms a

Correct Answer: C) Lava plateau.

6. Which is NOT a part of a Volcano

Correct Answer: D) Magma Flow.

7. Which is not a physical property of magma from an explosive eruption?

Correct Answer: C) Flows easily.

8. Volcanic ash could damage these types of travel

Correct Answer: D) Planes.

9. Which feature is created on the exterior of a volcano when it erupts?

Correct Answer: B) Crater.

10. Mixture of rock, mineral and glass particles expelled from a volcano during a volcanic eruption.

Correct Answer: B) Ash cloud.

11. What is the colour of the ash?

Correct Answer: A) Grey.

12. Mt. St Helens is a ..... and can have violet eruptions.

Correct Answer: A) Stratovolcano.

13. When magma hardens in a volcano's pipe, the result will eventually be a landform called a

Correct Answer: C) Volcanic neck.

14. There are two main types of volcanoes:shield and

Correct Answer: D) Composite.

15. Where is the largest abundance of US Volcanoes located?

Correct Answer: A) Alaska.

16. Over time, as a volcano continues to erupt, it will get

Correct Answer: B) Bigger.

17. What eruption was responsible for the Year Without a Summer in 1815?

Correct Answer: C) Tambora.

18. The viscosity of magma depends on its temperature and

Correct Answer: B) Silica content.

19. Composite volcanoes are sometimes called .....

Correct Answer: C) Stratovolcanoes.

20. Which of the following is NOT a term that scientists use to describe a volcano's stage of activity

Correct Answer: A) Dead.