Volcanoes Quiz 26 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type of volcano is currently resting, but could erupt sometime in the future?

Correct Answer: B) Dormant.

2. Energy from water or steam that has been heated by magma

Correct Answer: A) Geothermal energy.

3. Yellowstone Park is made up of .....

Correct Answer: B) Calderas.

4. Most volcanoes occur

Correct Answer: A) Oceanic/continental convergent.

5. When a volcano has not erupted for a long time but may erupt again, it is called:

Correct Answer: D) Dormant.

6. The calmest of the eruption types.

Correct Answer: A) Hawaiian.

7. Fast-moving clouds of gas, ash, and other tephra are what?

Correct Answer: B) Pyroclastic flows.

8. Convergent means to

Correct Answer: B) Come together.

9. Which type of volcano is associated with, runny lava, and effusive eruptions.

Correct Answer: A) Shield.

10. Kilauea in Hawaii is a ..... and creates islands.

Correct Answer: C) Shield Volcano.

11. A cone shaped volcano is

Correct Answer: A) A composite volcano.

12. What creates the pressure within the volcano to make it erupt?

Correct Answer: B) Dissolved gases trapped in the magma.

13. Why do so many people live near volcanoes?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

14. Why does magma rise?

Correct Answer: A) It is less dense than the rock around it.

15. The car-sized material being shot out of a volcano are called what?

Correct Answer: C) Volcanic bombs.

16. There are several pieces of crust called these

Correct Answer: C) Plates.

17. How can volcanic ash help the environment?

Correct Answer: B) Mineral in the ash can help plants grow.

18. Where do volcanoes form?

Correct Answer: D) All of these options.

19. Of America's volcanoes are found in this state .....

Correct Answer: D) Alaska.

20. What type of volcano has the most explosive eruptions?

Correct Answer: C) Stratovolcano.