Volcanoes Quiz 3 (20 MCQs)

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1. Land forms that is usually flat and its easier to build infrastructures is called:

Correct Answer: C) Plain.

2. It refers to the eruptive and non-eruptive activities that take place in a volcano.

Correct Answer: C) Volcanic process.

3. How can you classify a volcano that have no recorded of eruption but have evidence that erupted for thelast 10, 000 years?

Correct Answer: A) ACTIVE.

4. The long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to Earth's surface is called the .....

Correct Answer: C) Vent.

5. How thick something is or the ability of a fluid or liquid to flow is its

Correct Answer: A) Viscosity.

6. Volcanoes most commonly are found by which plate boundary?

Correct Answer: C) Subduction zones.

7. Which volcano is a wide, gently sloping mountain formed by thin layers or lava that pour out of a vent and harden on top of previous layers?

Correct Answer: C) Shield.

8. Where is the largest volcano?

Correct Answer: D) Hawaii.

9. What is the active volcano area around the Pacific Rim called?

Correct Answer: C) The Ring of Fire.

10. Magma is .....

Correct Answer: C) Molten rock beneath the earth's surface.

11. What is the most abundant gas associated with volcanic activity?

Correct Answer: B) Water vapor.

12. Which of the following is not one of the 6 volcanic hazards we discussed?

Correct Answer: D) Structural collapse.

13. Which statement describes convergent boundaries?

Correct Answer: B) Subduction occurs.

14. A volcano with a quiet eruption only.

Correct Answer: B) Shield.

15. A boundary on Earth's crust where two plates collide

Correct Answer: A) Subduction zone.

16. Mafic magma is ..... in color.

Correct Answer: B) Darker.

17. When ..... builds up, an explosion happens.

Correct Answer: D) Pressure.

18. How many active volcanoes are there in the Caribbean?

Correct Answer: C) 19.

19. What is the landform that forms when rising magma, blocked by layers of rock, forces the layers of rock to bend upward?

Correct Answer: D) Dome mountain.

20. Inside a volcano, magma collects in a pocket or room called a

Correct Answer: B) Magma chamber.