Volcano

• Question 1 out of 12

  What active stratovolcano lies in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States?

  Mount Vesuvius

  Mount Etna

  Mount Saint Helens

  Denali

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• Question 2 out of 12

  Based on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, what was the largest Volcano ever recorded by humans?

  Mount Vesuvius

  Mount Tambora

  Mount Ruiz

  Mount Krakatoa

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• Question 3 out of 12

  How long ago did a supervolcano last erupt at Yellowstone National Park?

  6,400 years ago

  64,000 years ago

  Over 6 million years ago

  640,000 years ago

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• Question 4 out of 12

  What term is commonly applied to streams of liquid rock that flow from a crater or fissure?

  Steam

  Uplift

  Magma

  Basalt

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• Question 5 out of 12

  What term in volcanology describes the ability of a liquid to flow?

  Gravitational pull

  Viscosity

  Permeability

  Porousness

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• Question 6 out of 12

  The word volcano comes from the ancient roman god of what feature?

  Water

  Ice

  Fire

  Sunshine

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• Question 7 out of 12

  Which places were affected by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

  Pompeii

  Herculaneum

  Oplontis

  All the Above

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• Question 8 out of 12

  What caused Mount Vesuvius to erupt?

  A giant earthquake

  Magma under pressure

  A tsunami that caused instability

  A glacier-triggered landslide

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• Question 9 out of 12

  Roughly how active volcanos are there on earth?

  1,500

  100

  500

  19,000

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• Question 10 out of 12

  What is the tallest volcano in the world?

  Kilauea, U.S.

  Etna, Italy

  Mauna Kea, U.S

  Mount Fuji, Japan

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• Question 11 out of 12

  Most volcanoes are concentrated along the ‘Ring of Fire’ encircling which ocean?

  Arctic

  Atlantic

  Indian

  Pacific

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• Question 12 out of 12

  What planet do scientists say has the largest volcano in the solar system?

  Mars

  Earth

  Jupiter

  Saturn

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