Quiz Volcano

Volcanic eruptions resulting from interaction between magma and water. As a result, a large column of very fine ash and high speed and sideway emission of pyroclastic called base surges are observed.

• Vulcanian

• Phreatic

• Phreatomagmatic

• Plinian

It is type eruption observed huge clots of molten lava burst from the summit crater to form luminous arcs through the sky.

• strombolian

• phreatic

• phreatomagmatic

• vulcanian

Volcanic eruption described as a large quantity of gas, dust, ash, and incandescent lava fragments are blown out of a central crater, fall back, and form tongue-like.

• strombolian

• plinian

• phreatomagmatic

• vulcanian

Volcanoes that have a record of eruption within the last 600 years or those that erupted 10,000 years ago based on analyses of their materials.

• Shield Volcano

• Active Volcano

• Cinder Volcano

• Inactive Volcano

Volcanoes that have not erupted for the last 10,000 years and their physical form is being changed by agents of weathering and erosion through formation of deep and

long gullies.

• Shield Volcano

• Composite Volcano

• Active Volcano

• Inactive Volcano

Olympus Mons in Venus is the tallest volcano in the Solar System.It is almost 3X higher than Mt.Everest-the highest mountain on Earth.

• False

• True

• Maybe

• None of the above

Mayon Volcano is an example of composite volcano because of its tall peak and almost perfect cone-shaped that can be found in what place?

• Lemery, Batangas

• Rizal Province

• Albay, Bicol

• Negros Occidental

Volcanic activity that steam-driven explosions occur when water beneath the ground or on the surface is heated by magma, lava, hot rocks, or new volcanic deposits.

• Vulcanian

• Plinian

• Phreatomagmatic

• Phreatic

Type of volcanic eruption characterized by a dense cloud of ash-laden gas exploding from the crater and rising high above the peak.

• Vulcanian

• Plinian

• Phreatomagmatic

• Phreatic

How many active volcanoes in the Philippines according to Philvolcs?

• 34

• 25

• 24

• 22