This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Earth > Volcanoes – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Volcanoes Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Rocks tumbling down a steep slope would be an example of A) Creep. B) Landslide. C) Mudslide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landslide. 2. When rock underground suddenly breaks along a transform plate boundary due to extreme pressure that has built up, a release of energy occurs resulting in what type of geologic activity? A) Earthquakes. B) Mountain range formation. C) Sea-floor spreading. D) Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquakes. 3. A ..... Boundary occurs at a mid-ocean ridge as the ocean floor pulls apart. A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent. 4. Oh baby, there ain't no ..... high enough, / Ain't no ..... low enough, / Ain't no ..... wide enough / To keep me from getting to you babe ..... A) Tower, gutter, river. B) Volcano, valley, stream. C) Mountain, valley, river. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain, valley, river. 5. What is liquid rock that spills on to the Earth's surface? A) Core. B) Lava. C) Magma. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lava. 6. Where are the earths volcanoes located? A) In only warm places. B) Along the pacific ocean. C) Around the ring of fire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Around the ring of fire. 7. What kind of volcano is made of alternating layers of lava and tephra? (also called strata volcano) A) Shield. B) Composite. C) Cinder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Composite. 8. An area of earthquake and volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific ocean. A) Ring of Fire. B) Circle of Life. C) Circle of Fire. D) Ring of Danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ring of Fire. 9. Liquid magma that reaches the surface ..... hardens into surface rock. A) Magma. B) Basalt. C) Lava. D) Igneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lava. 10. Volcanoes swell when A) Too many people climb the mountain. B) There is too much rain. C) Air builds up inside it. D) Magma pushes up inside it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Magma pushes up inside it. 11. Which volcano from the choice below erupts everyday? A) Shield volcanoes. B) Cinder Cone volcanoes. C) Composite Volcanoes. D) Machu Picchu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shield volcanoes. 12. What stage is a volcano in when it is considered to be "sleeping" ? A) Dormant. B) Active. C) Extinct. D) Alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dormant. 13. Which phrase best describes a volcano that is not expected to erupt again? A) Quiet volcano. B) Extinct volcano. C) Dormant volcano. D) Explosive volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extinct volcano. 14. What is the opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock, gases, and ash erupt? A) Divergent Boundary. B) Magma. C) Subduction Boundary. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcano. 15. Describes a volcano that is no longer active and ;is unlikely to ever erupt! A) Extinct. B) Dormant. C) Sill. D) Batholith. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extinct. 16. What is the term for a fluid's tendency to resist flow? A) Movement. B) Silica. C) Pressure. D) Viscosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Viscosity. 17. Who was unfairly blamed for the Year Without a Summer? A) George Washington. B) Thomas Jefferson. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) Alexander Hamilton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benjamin Franklin. 18. Paricutin in Mexico is a ..... that can produce small, short explosive eruptions. A) Stratovolcano. B) Cinder Cone Volcano. C) Shield Volcano. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cinder Cone Volcano. 19. Which phrase describes a sill? A) Fills in valleys and rivers. B) Is a hardened magma intrusion. C) Cuts vertically though older rock layers. D) Is built up by numerous eruptions over thousands of years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is a hardened magma intrusion. 20. A bowl-shaped area that forms around a volcano's central opening. A) Vent. B) Pipe. C) Aa. D) Crater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crater. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesVolcanoes Quiz 1Volcanoes Quiz 2Volcanoes Quiz 3Volcanoes Quiz 4Volcanoes Quiz 5Volcanoes Quiz 6Volcanoes Quiz 7Volcanoes Quiz 9Volcanoes Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books