Volcano Quiz

A low silica volcano makes what type of explosion

• quiet eruption
• explosive eruption

A high silica volcano makes what type of an explosive?

• quiet eruption
• explosive eruption

A dead volcano is called what?

• active
• dormant
• extinct

A sleeping volcano is called what?

• active
• dormant
• extinct

What do you call a circular depression that forms when a magma chamber empties?

• stuff
• apples
• caldera
• pahoehoe

What do you call lava flowing slowly forming a glassy surface with rounded wrinkles?

• pahoehoe lava
• aa lava
• crater lava

What are places in the interior of plates where volcanoes occur?

• effusive zones
• fault lines
• hot spots
• national parks

A shield volcano is the tallest and most explosive volcano.

• True
• False

What type of volcano is this..

• Shield
• Cinder Cone
• Composite or Stratovolcano

What type of volcano is this..

• Shield
• Cinder Cone
• Composite or Stratovolcano