Quiz on eruptions and explosions

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What is the term for a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter?

A) Lava flow

B) Pyroclastic flow

C) Tephra cloud

D) Ashfall

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Which of these explosions is not volcanic in origin?

A) Mount Pinatubo, 1991

B) Chernobyl, 1986

C) Krakatoa, 1883

D) Mount Etna, 2021

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Which U.S. volcano famously erupted in 1980, causing massive destruction?

A) Mauna Loa

B) Mount Rainier

C) Mount St. Helens

D) Yellowstone Caldera

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What does the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) measure?

A) Speed of lava

B) Temperature of magma

C) Duration of eruption

D) Eruption magnitude

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What is the main factor that determines whether a volcanic eruption will be explosive or effusive?

A) Size of the volcano

B) Amount of water in the lava

C) Viscosity of the magma

D) Type of rock around the vent

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What type of volcano is most likely to produce explosive eruptions?

A) Shield volcano

B) Cinder cone

C) Composite (stratovolcano)

D) Lava dome

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What gas is most commonly released during a volcanic eruption?

A) Oxygen

B) Carbon dioxide

C) Sulfur dioxide

D) Water vapor

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Which volcanic eruption was one of the most powerful in recorded history, occurring in 1815?

A) Krakatoa

B) Mount St. Helens

C) Tambora

D) Vesuvius

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Quiz on eruptions and explosions

What is the term for a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter?

Which of these explosions is not volcanic in origin?

Which U.S. volcano famously erupted in 1980, causing massive destruction?

What does the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) measure?

What is the main factor that determines whether a volcanic eruption will be explosive or effusive?

What type of volcano is most likely to produce explosive eruptions?

What gas is most commonly released during a volcanic eruption?

Which volcanic eruption was one of the most powerful in recorded history, occurring in 1815?

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Quiz on eruptions and explosions

What is the term for a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter?

Which of these explosions is not volcanic in origin?

Which U.S. volcano famously erupted in 1980, causing massive destruction?

What does the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) measure?

What is the main factor that determines whether a volcanic eruption will be explosive or effusive?

What type of volcano is most likely to produce explosive eruptions?

What gas is most commonly released during a volcanic eruption?

Which volcanic eruption was one of the most powerful in recorded history, occurring in 1815?

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