This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Earth > Volcanoes – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Volcanoes Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A type of eruption where magma flows easily, thin runny lava oozes quietly from the vent A) Quiet eruption. B) Explosive eruption. C) Rock eruption. D) Vent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quiet eruption. 2. Which of the following volcano hazards is made up of rocky particles about the size of a grain of sand? A) Volcanic bombs. B) Pahoehoe. C) Volcanic cinders. D) Volcanic ash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic cinders. 3. Which type of lava flow has angular, sharp pieces? A) Pahoehoe. B) Aa. C) Cool. D) Glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aa. 4. Hot fast moving lava A) Pahoehoe. B) AA. C) ZZ. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pahoehoe. 5. A volcano with mafic and felsic lava. A) Composite. B) Shield. C) Cinder cone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Composite. 6. If something explodes, it A) Goes away. B) Blows up. C) Flattens out. D) Grows bigger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blows up. 7. Volcanoes that are not currently erupting but may erupt in the future can be considered ..... A) Active volcanoes. B) Dormant volcanoes. C) Extinct volcanoes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dormant volcanoes. 8. A volcanic eruption can be either ..... A) Explosive or gentle. B) Explosive or violent. C) Explosive or smooth. D) Explosive or a geyser. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explosive or gentle. 9. Volcanoes are made at ..... plate boundaries and at hot spots A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) Convergent & Divergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convergent & Divergent. 10. Is magma one of the main substance necessary for eruptions A) True. B) False. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. What is the point on the Earth's surface that lies directly above the site where an earthquake occurred? A) Epicenter. B) Focus. C) Fault line. D) Seismic wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicenter. 12. What is a huge hole left behind When a volcano has an enormous eruption and empties the magma chamber and the main vent. The volcano becomes hollow and collapses leaving this hole behind A) Central vent. B) Caldera. C) Side vent. D) Magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caldera. 13. Why are hot springs hot? A) The ground water gets heated by nearby magma. B) They just are. C) The water is warmed by solar energy. D) The ground water comes to the surface and warms up the closer it gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ground water gets heated by nearby magma. 14. The hot ash, gas and rock that races down the side of a volcano is known as ..... A) Tephra. B) Pyroclastic flow. C) Lava Dome. D) Lava Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pyroclastic flow. 15. This area is considered an island arc. A) United States. B) Hawaii. C) China. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Japan. 16. Tall, cone-shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash A) Cinder Cone volcano. B) Shield volcano. C) Composite volcano. D) Caldera. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Composite volcano. 17. A bowl shaped area that may form at the top of a volcano around the central vent A) Crater. B) Vent. C) Tube. D) Leftovers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crater. 18. These are chains of volcanoes formed by subducting plates. A) Ring of fire. B) Volcanic arc. C) Hotspot. D) Volcanic island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanic arc. 19. What is part of the volcano is a long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to the surface A) Vent. B) Lava flow. C) Crater. D) Pipe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pipe. 20. What do you call the opening or vent in a volcano? A) Vent. B) Crater. C) Magma reserve. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crater. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesVolcanoes Quiz 1Volcanoes Quiz 2Volcanoes Quiz 3Volcanoes Quiz 4Volcanoes Quiz 5Volcanoes Quiz 6Volcanoes Quiz 8Volcanoes Quiz 9Volcanoes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books