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TYPES OF VOLCANO

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The largest and Most

violent type of eruption

a)

Phreatic

b)

Strombolian

c)

Plinian

d)

Phreatomagmatic

2.

______eruption get their names from the Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, which is famous for producing spectacular fire fountains

a)

Plinian

b)

Hawaiian

c)

Phreatomagmatic

d)

Phreatic

3.

______eruption due to the contact between water and magma and can be very explosive. The water can be from groundwater, hydrothermal systems, surface runoff, a lake, or the sea

a)

Phreatomagmatic

b)

Strombolian

c)

Pelean

d)

Vulcanian

4.

This eruptions create powerful explosions in which material can travel faster than 350 meters per second (800 mph) and rise several kilometers into the air.

a)

PHREATIC

b)

HAWAIIAN

c)

VULCANIAN

d)

SURTSEYAN

5.

Which of the following should you pay attention to before a volcanic eruption?

a)

frequents ejection of volcanic ash

b)

frequents earthquake

c)

decreased ambient temperature

d)

increase in high of volcano

6.

Why is there good soil after a volcano eruption?

a)

It comes from lava the lava dries down on the soil

b)

Soil near volcanoes are naturally beneficial

c)

Volcanic materials contains good bacterias that cultivate the soil

d)

Volcanic ash contains minerals that are beneficial to plants which will break down and get mixed with soil

7.

Volcanoes are Earth’s geologic architects. They’ve created more than eighty percent (80%) of planet’s surface, laying the foundation that has allowed life to thrive. In the Philippines there are about three hundred (300) volcanoes and twenty-four (24) of these are active volcanoes. Why Philippines is home to many volcanoes?

a)

It is located long the Ring of Fire

b)

It is near at the Pacific Ocean

c)

It is an Archipelago

d)

It is having many beautiful tourist spots

8.

Which of the following Precautionary measures usually done before the volcanic eruption happens?

a)

Cover our nose and mouth

b)

Removed ash deposit on our roof

c)

Prepared a Go Bag ( essentials)

d)

Stay indoor

9.

Why does a thick layer of volcanic ash can be heavy enough to collapse the roofs of buildings?

a)

it is because ash is solid

b)

it is because ash is heavier as it cools

c)

it is because ash cannot be blown by winds

d)

it is because ash consists of tiny fragments of rocks that become heavy as they pile up

10.

Which ingredient in magma determines whether an eruption is explosive or quiet?

a)

Amount of rock.

b)

Amount of obsidian rock.

c)

Amount of silica.

d)

all of the above