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Volcanoes - Multiple Choice Quiz
Multiple choice questions about or relating to volcanoes.
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Last updated: March 4, 2022
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1. Which of these volcanoes is currently active?
Mount Fuji
Mauna Kea
Mount Elbrus
Mount Kilimanjaro
2. Which element, when burning, creates the phenomenon known as blue lava?
Blue lava occurs regularly at the Ijen volcano complex in Indonesia and at Dallol in Ethiopia.
Carbon
Sodium
Sulphur
Potassium
3. Vesuvius last erupted in 79 AD.
There have been many eruptions since the one that destroyed ancient Pompeii. The most recent eruption occurred in 1944.
True
False
4. Which of these was a VEI-6 eruption?
The Mount St. Helens eruption was VEI-5, while the other two were VEI-4.
Mount Pinatubo, 1991
Eyjafjallajökull, 2010
Mount St. Helens, 1980
Taal Volcano, 2020-2021
5. The highest mountain in Mexico is a volcano.
Pico de Orizaba is an inactive stratovolcano, and is also the third highest mountain in North America
True
False
6. Where is the world's largest lava lake located?
It is located in the main crater of Mount Nyiragongo.
Japan
Ethiopia
Indonesia
D.R. Congo
7. Which of these Greek islands isn't volcanic?
Santorini
Milos
Nisyros
Andros
8. There are active volcanoes in Antarctica.
There are two, Mount Erebus and Deception Island.
False
True
9. Which of these South American volcanoes has the greatest elevation?
Ojos del Salado has an elevation of 6,893 metres. While Chimborazo's summit is the farthest point on the Earth's surface from its centre, it is only 6,263.47 metres above sea level. Ampato has an elevation of 6,288 metres and Nevado del Ruiz has an elevation of 5,321 metres.
Ojos del Salado
Ampato
Nevado del Ruiz
Chimborazo
10. Is Mount Ararat active?
It is currently dormant.
Yes
No
11. Which of these is an extinct volcano?
Mount Kenya last erupted 2.6 to 3.1 million years ago. The other three volcanoes are all active.
Mount Kenya
Mount Cameroon
Paektu Mountain
Teide
12. Which of these volcanoes is on Mars?
Maat Mons is the highest volcano on Venus, Amirani is on Io and Semeru is in Indonesia.
Amirani
Pavonis Mons
Semeru
Maat Mons
13. Where is the volcano that caused the most recent supereruption located?
The Oruanui eruption of Taupo Volcano occurred around 26,500 years ago.
New Zealand
Philippines
United States
Chile
14. Which of these volcanoes is not in the United States?
It is in Canada.
Mount Spurr
Mount Hood
Mount Garibaldi
Mount Redoubt
15. Which of these is not a volcanic rock?
It is a sedimentary rock formed from spherical grains called ooids.
Rhyolite
Oolite
Scoria
Pumice
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