SUMMATIVE TEST

(VOLCANOES)

NAME:__________________________________YEAR & SEC.:____________

DATE:____________SCORE:_________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Encircle the letter of your BEST & HONEST answer.

1. Eruption marked by columns of gas and volcanic ash extending high into the stratosphere, the second
layer of Earth's

atmosphere.

a. strombolian b. plinian c. vulcanian d. phreatic

2. Eruption characterized by tall eruption columns that reach up to 20 km high with pyroclastic flow and
ashfall tephra.

a. strombolian b. plinian c. vulcanian d. phreatic

3. Eruption that occur when gas inside the volcano coalesces into bubbles, called slugs.

a. strombolian b. plinian c. vulcanian d. phreatic

4. Volcanic eruptions driven by the direct interaction between magma and external bodies of water such
as the sea, lakes or

groundwater.

a. phreatomagamatic b. plinian c. vulcanian d. phreatic

5. Short-lived eruption, characterized by ash columns but may be an onset of a larger eruption.

a. phreatomagamatic b. plinian c. vulcanian d. phreatic

6. Explosive eruption between water-magma interaction where large amounts of steam and magmatic
gases are emitted.

a. phreatomagamatic b. plinian c. vulcanian d. phreatic

7. Also called a phreatic explosion, ultravulcanian eruption or steam-blast eruption, occurs when magma
heats ground or

surface water.
a. phreatomagamatic b. plinian c. vulcanian d. phreatic

8. When there is high silica content and low gas content eruption is

a. explosive eruption b. quiet eruption c. runny lava, quiet eruption

d. fire fountain

9. When there is high silica content and high gas content eruption is

a. explosive eruption b. quiet eruption c. runny lava, quiet eruption

d. fire fountain

10. When there is low silica content and low gas content eruption is

a. explosive eruption b. quiet eruption c. runny lava, quiet eruption

d. fire fountain

11. When there is low silica content and high gas content eruption is

a. explosive eruption b. quiet eruption c. runny lava, quiet eruption

d. fire fountain

12. Volcano opening which may be a crater or caldera.

a. summit b. magma chamber c. slope d. base

13. A funnel-shaped opening at the top of a volcano.

a. caldera b. crater c. slope d. base

14. Formed when a part of the wall collapses following an explosive eruptions.

a. caldera b. crater c. slope d. base

15. Volcanic belts form along

a. islands in the Pacific Ocean c. the boundaries of Earth’s plates

b. North American mountain ranges d. the coast of Antartica

16. Before lava reaches the surface, the molten materials is called

a. rock b. magma c. volcanic ash d. liquid fire

17. Volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt in the near future.

a. dormant b. active c. inactive d. extinct

18. Volcano that may awaken in the future and become active.
a. dormant b. active c. inactive d. extinct

19. Volcano that is unlikely to erupt.

a. dormant b. active c. inactive d. extinct

20. PHIVOLCS classify volcanoes into different categories. What does PHIVOLCS stands for?

a. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

b. Philippine Institute of Volcanologist and Seismologist

c. Philippine International Volcano and Seismography

d. Philipine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

21. The greater the viscosity of a liquid, the ______________ it flows.

a. faster b. slower c. neither a or b d. both a & b

22. The resistance of a liquid to flowing is called

a. density b. composition c. viscosity d. temperature

23. The mobility of lava is strongly affected by temperature. As a lava flow cools and begins to harden, its
viscosity

increases, its mobility __________________, and eventually the flow halts.

a. increases b. decreases c. remains the same d. both a & b

24. A point in the earth’s crust where magma forces its way to the surface.

a. caldera b. crater c. slope d. volcano

25. A zone along the edge of Pacific Ocean that has many volcanoes and earthquakes.

a. subduction zone b. Pacific Ring of Fire c. volcano d. stratovolcano

II. Identify the following Philippine volcano as active, dormant, or extinct.

1. Mt. Taal, Batangas

2. Mt. Hibok Hibok, Camiguin

3. Mt. Kanlaon, Negros Occidental

4. Mt. Banahaw, Quezon and Laguna

5. Mt. Apo, Davao and North Cotabato

6. Mt. Negron, Angeles City and Olongapo City

7. Mt. Arayat, Pampanga

8. Mt. Boctong, Palawan

9. Mt. Pinatubo,Zambales

10. Mt. Maripipi, Tacloban City