SCIENCE 9 Score

SUMMATIVE EXAM
NAME: ________________________________ SECTION: ______________________
Quarter 3 – Week 1: TYPES OF VOLCANOES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTION

Instruction: Write your answer on this sheet. Make sure to answer neatly and legibly.
Multiple Choice: Read the statements carefully. Choose the BEST answer. Write the letter of your answers on the
space provided before each number.

______1. What is a volcano?

A. A cone- shaped mountain formed by erupting lava, ash and gases.
B. A landform which has a summit but without a crater.
C. A mountain created by the faulting and folding of the Earth’s crust.
D. The movement of the Earth’s crust when plate boundaries move.
______2. What is meant by volcanic eruption?
A. It happens when hot lava, ash and gases are discharged from a volcanic vent.
B. It happens when the plate edges of the Earth’s crust move downward or sideways.
C. It is a region deep within the Earth’s mantle from which heat rises.
D. It is a sudden violent shaking of the ground, causing great destruction.
______3. The following are factors affecting the viscosity of the magma EXCEPT
A. temperature of magma
B. size of the volcano’s crater
C. chemical composition of magma
D. amount of dissolved gases contained in the magma

______4. Taal Volcano in Batangas is an example of what type of volcano?

A. composite B. cinder cone C. shield D. lava spire

______5. Which type of volcanoes have broad bases and steep sides, usually have a large crater at the top and are
formed by alternating layers of magma andash?
A. calderas B. composite C. shield ` D. cindercones
______6. Mt. Mayon is an example of a volcano because .
A. cinder cone, it is formed exclusively of pyroclasts.
B. composite, it is composed of alternating layers of pyroclastic fragments and solidified lava flows
C. shield, it is constructed of solidified lava flows
D. caldera, it was created when the summit was blown off by exploding gases

______7. A volcano is formed by the pileup of non-viscous lava that oozes out from the volcano is called _____.
A. geyser B. composite volcano C. cinder cone D. shield volcano

______8. Which of the following is an example of a shield volcano?

A. Paricutin Volcano B. Mount Mayon C. Mauna Loa D. Krakatoa

______9. Eruptions caused by the interaction of water into heated magma is called:
A. vulcanian B.plinian C. phreatic D. strombolian
______10.The picture on the right shows what type of volcanic eruption?
A. plinian B.phreatic C. strombolian D.phreatomagmatic

______11. Which type of volcanic eruption is very explosive?

A. vulcanian B. plinian C.phreatic D. strombolian
______12. Mount Pinatubo erupted last April 2, 1991. What kind of volcanic eruption was Mt. Pinatubo?
A. vulcanian B.phreatomagmatic C. strombolian D.plinian