Volcanoes Multiple Choice Quiz

1. Which volcano erupted in Italy in AD79? We know many details from Pliny the Younger's eyewitness account. You can still see the devastating results for Pompeii.

2. Scientists consider a volcano to be active if it has erupted within the last...

3. American geologist Clarence Dutton (1841-1912) introduced some technical words to describe types of lava, eg 'Pāhoehoe' and ' ʻAʻā '. From which language do these derive?

4. What sort of volcano is the Yellowstone Caldera in Yellowstone National Park, USA?

5. Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands, is home to the fourth highest volcano in the world (if you measure from the ocean floor). What is its name?

6. On which continent can you find Mount Erebus?

7. In which part of Africa can you find lots of active volcanoes?

8. Where can you find Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system?

9. Iceland has 31 active and extinct volcanoes. 18 of them have erupted since 900AD when people began to settle the island. Which one caused some international hassle when it erupted in 2010, releasing ash clouds that halted many plane flights?

10. Mount Fuji is a very famous and beautiful Japanese volcano. But when did it last erupt?