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1. Which of the following BEST describes a volcano?
A. It is a place within the mantle where rocks melt to
generate magma.
B. It is a long tube in the ground that connects the magma
chamber to Earth’s surface.
C. It is an opening in the Earth's mantle through which lava,
volcanic ash, and gases escape.
D. It is an opening on the surface of the Earth that allows
material warmer than its surroundings to escape from its
interior.
2. Which of the following statements about volcanoes is
TRUE?
A. Volcanic eruptions can be predicted.
B. Volcanic eruptions are always violent.
C. Volcanoes cannot be found in bodies of water.
D. Volcanoes give us information about inner Earth
For questions 3-5, refer to Figure 1 (Parts of a volcano)
3. Which part represents the magma chamber?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 7
4. What part of the volcano is represented by Part 1?
A. crater B. magma C. main vent D. magma chamber
5. Which of the following statements correctly describes
Part 8 in Figure 1?
A. It is cloud of ash formed by volcanic explosion
B. It is a fast-moving current of hot gas and rock that is
moving away from a volcano.
C. It is a basin, circular in form, which can be large in radius
and sometimes great in depth.
D. It is a silicate rock that is hot enough to be in liquid form,
expelled from a volcano and reached the Earth’s surface
during an eruption.
6. What type of volcanoes are formed from wide thin layers
of lava?
A. lava domes B. cinder cones
C. shield volcanoes D. composite volcanoes
7. What type of volcano is Mayon Volcano which is formed
from alternating layers of lava flow, undissolved stone and
ash?
A. lava domes B. cinder cones
C. shield volcanoes D. composite volcanoes
8.
composition and formation of composite volcanoes? A. It
has a highly viscous or thick, slow moving lava.
B. It has a loose and fluid lava that flows over each other.
C. It is composed of boulders and formed by the collision of
oceanic plates.
D. It is composed of loose fragments from basaltic lava and
considered as the simplest type of volcano.
9. Volcanoes are classified as active or inactive. Which of
the following is used to determine volcanic activity?
A. materials they emit B. age of the volcanoes
C. place where they are located D. historical record of
eruption or volcanic activity
10. Mt. Akir-Akir, located in Province of North Cotabato,
has no record of activity for the last 10,000 years. Which of
the following statements is CORRECT?
A. It is an active volcano. B. It is an inactive volcano.
C. It is a potentially active volcano. D. It is a destructive
volcano.
11.Bicol region is highly volcanic in origin and part of the
Pacific Ring of Fire. Which of the following volcano located
in Bicol region is considered the most active having the
most number of historical eruptions?
A. Iriga B. Isarog C. Mayon D. Bulusan
12. Which of these statements is INCORRECT?
A. Vulcanian eruption is a silent eruption due to oozing lava.
B. Strombolian eruption is an eruption characterized by
fountain lava.
C. Phreatic eruption is a short lived-eruption and maybe an
onset of a large eruption.
D. Phreatomagmatic eruption is an eruption resulted to
sideway emission of pyroclastic materials.
13. Taal volcano in Batangas exhibits phreatic or
hydrothermal eruption. Which of the following statements
describes a phreatic eruption?
A. It is a violent eruption due to the contact between water
and magma.
B. It is an excessively explosive type of eruption of gas and
pyroclastic.
C. It is a periodic weak violent eruption characterized by
fountain of lava.
D. It is characterized by tall eruption columns that reach up
to 20 km high with pyroclastic flow and ash fall tephra.
14. Which of the following is a sign of an impending
volcanic eruption?
A. Volcanic tremors B. Increase level of water
C. Presence of hot spring D. Occurrence of thunderstorm
15. Which of these is NOT a sign of impending volcanic
eruption?
A. Crater glow due to presence of magma at or near the
crater.
B. Decrease in the temperature of hot springs, wells, or
crater lake near the volcano
C. Increase in the frequency of volcanic quakes with
rumbling sounds; occurrence of volcanic tremors D.
Increase steaming activity; change in color of steam
emission from white to gray due to entrained ash.