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WorksheetsNature's fury
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the highest volcano on land?
a)
Ojos del Salado on the Argentina/Chile border
b)
Mount Fuji in Japan
c)
Mount Marapi in West Sumatra, Indonesia
d)
Mount Vesuvius in Italy
2.
The word 'volcano' comes from...?
a)
Star Trek
b)
The Roman god "Vulcan'
c)
Italian for 'angry'
d)
Volume
3.
Most volcanoes are concentrated around the "Ring of Fire", which encircles what ocean?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Arctic
d)
Indian
4.
About how many active volcanoes are there in the world?
a)
100
b)
600
c)
1,200
d)
1,500
5.
Which volcano buried the Roman city of Pompeii in A.D 79?
a)
Krakatoa
b)
Vesuvius
c)
Mount St. Helens
d)
Tambora
6.
Which volcano is the tallest (from base to summit) on Earth?
a)
Kilauea, US
b)
Etna, Italy
c)
Tambora, Indonesia
d)
Mauna Kea in Hawaii, US
7.
In the past 250 years, which volcano has killed the most people?
a)
Mount St. Helen's, US
b)
Asama, Japan
c)
Askja, Iceland
d)
Tambora, Indonesia
8.
Which volcano erupted violently in 1883, emitting the loudest sound ever heard in history and making the sun look green and the moon blue for the next three years?
a)
Krakatoa in Indonesia
b)
Ash Mountain in Canada
c)
Etna in Italy
d)
Yellowstone supervolcano in the United States
9.
Magma is found in the ____ , and lava is found ___ of the Earth.
a)
inside, inside
b)
outside, outside
c)
inside, outside
d)
outside, inside
10.
Which volcanic eruption stopped air traffic for six days in 2010, with ash covering large areas of northern Europe?
a)
Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland
b)
Teide, Teneriffe
c)
Vesuvius, Italy
d)
Beerenberg, Norway
11.
Which chain of Islands was formed by volcanic activity?
a)
The Hawaiian Islands
b)
British Isles
c)
Balearic Islands
d)
Maldives
12.
Where in the world are three quarters of the world's active volcanoes found?
a)
on the tops of mountains
b)
on volcanic islands
c)
underwater
d)
at volcanic hot spots
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