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Practice Questions - Volcanoes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what type of volcano do you see in this image?

a)

Cinder Cone

b)

Strato Volcano

c)

Shield Volcano

2.

What type of lava eruptions will build a volcano that looks like this?

a)

Basaltic

b)

Andesitic

c)

Rhyolitic

3.

What kind of volcano do you see in this picture?

a)

Cinder Cone

b)

Strato volcano

c)

Shield Volcano

4.

What type of magma does this volcano erupt?

a)

basaltic

b)

andesitic

c)

rhyolitic

5.

Where does basaltic magma come from?

a)

Divergent boundaries

b)

subduction zones

c)

hot spots

d)

divergent boundaries and hot spots

6.

Where does intermediate/andesitic magma come from?

a)

divergent boundaries

b)

subduction zones

c)

hot spots

d)

divergent boundaries and hot spots

7.

which type of magma as the lowest amount of silica?

a)

basaltic

b)

andesitic

c)

rhyolitic

8.

Which type of magma does not flow at all.

a)

basaltic

b)

intermediate/andesitic

c)

rhyolitic

9.

How does the amount of silica in a magma affect the viscosity of the magma?

a)

more silica = faster flow

b)

more silica = slower flow

10.

The ring of fire is mostly made of what type of volcanoes?

a)

cinder cones

b)

strato volcanoes

c)

shield volcanoes

11.

What is usually the first sign that a volcano might be getting ready to erupt?

a)

earthquakes

b)

ground deformation

c)

heat flow changes

12.

True or False: A single volcano tends to have an eruptive style that it always erupts in.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

True or False: A volcano can erupt in ways that are not usual for it, but it doesn't happen often.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

What causes ground deformation?

a)

volcanic gases

b)

magma pushing up under the ground

c)

water turning to steam

15.

What type of magma do you see in this picture?

a)

basaltic

b)

intermediate/andesitic

c)

rhyolitic

16.

Does the magma you see erupting here have trapped gasses in it?

a)

yes

b)

no

17.

A volcano along the Juan de Fuca ridge will be erupting what type of magma?

a)

basaltic

b)

intermediate/andesitic

c)

rhyolitic

18.

which type of volcanic hazard can travel the farthest?

a)

lava flow

b)

pyroclastic flow

c)

lahar

19.

Which of the following signs of an eruption were the big ones before Mt. St. Helen's erupted?

a)

earthquakes and ground deformation

b)

ground deformation and gases

c)

gases and heat flow

d)

heat flow and earthquakes

20.

which of the following gases given off by a volcano is a warning that it might erupt soon?

a)

water vapor

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

sulfur dioxide

d)

carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide