San Esteban High School

Name: ___________________________________________ Section: ________________

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer and write your answers on the space provided before
the number.

1. Which of the following statements best describes a volcano?

A. It is an opening in the earth’s crust where lava, pyroclastic, and gases are emitted.
B. It has three general types namely shield, cinder, and composite cone volcanoes.
C. It is classified as active or inactive volcano.
D. All of the above.

2. What is the most active volcano in the Philippines with 52 records of eruption?
A. Kanlaon B. Mayon C. Pinatubo D. Taal

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about active and inactive volcanoes?
A. Active volcanoes have record of eruption within the last 600 years, while inactive volcanoes
have not erupted for the last 10,000 years.
B. Active volcanoes have not erupted for the last 10,000 years, while inactive volcanoes have
record of eruption within the last 600 years.
C. Active and inactive volcanoes have shown volcanic activity for the past 600 years.
D. Both have no record of eruption.

4. Which of the following illustrates a shield volcano?

A. B. C. D.

5. Which of the following type of eruptions was formed from lava and pyroclastic materials?
A. cinder cone B. Composite C. mayon cone D. shield cone

6. Which of the following produces a tall eruption column that reaches up to 20 km high with pyroclastic flow
and ashfall tephra?
A. Phreatic B. Phreatolian C. strombolian D. vulcanian

7.Which of the following statements about the types of eruption is FALSE?

A. Strombolian is characterized by a fountain of lava.
B. Hydrothermal is an excessive explosion of gas and pyroclastic, like Mt. Pinatubo in Zambales.
C. Phreatic eruption is a stream-driven eruption and occurs when the hot rocks come in contact
with water.
D. Phreatomagmatic is an eruption of large column of very fine ash and high speed and sideway
emission of pyroclastics.

8. What type of eruption occurred in Taal volcano in Batangas last January 2020?
A. Phreatomagmatic B. Plinian C. strombolian D. vulcanian

9. What type of eruption is characterized by ash columns due to contact of hot rocks and water similar
to what happened to Kanlaon volcano in 2017?
A. Phreatic B. phreatomagmatic C. Plinian D. vulcanian

10. What type of eruption is illustrated below which has a firework-like eruption?
 A. phreatic C. strombolian
B. phreatomagmatic D. vulcanian

11. What are the classifications of volcanoes as adapted by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology (PHIVOLCS)?
A. active and inactive C. dormant and inactive
B. active and dormant D. inactive and dormant

12. Which of the following best describes an active volcano?

A. An active volcano has record of eruption within the last 600 years or has erupted 10,000 years ago
based on analyses of its materials
B. An active volcano has erupted 20,000 years ago and has evidences of volcanic activities.
C. An active volcano has no record of eruption but has the potential to erupt.
D. An active volcano has no record of eruption for the last 600 years.

13. In terms of the shapes of volcanic cones, which of the following is NOT a type of volcano?
A. cinder cone C. crater cone
B. composite cone D. shield cone

14. Which type of volcano is formed from ejected lava fragments? It has a wide crater, has a steep slope, and
is the most abundant of the three major types.
A. cinder cones C. crater cones
B. composite cones D. shield cones

15. Which type of volcano has a nearly perfect sloped structure which formed from alternate solidification of
both lava, and pyroclastic deposits?
A. cinder cones C. crater cones
B. composite cones D. shield cones

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise. Write your answers on
the space provided before the number.
_____1. A volcanic eruption occurs when hot materials from the earth’s interior are thrown out
of a volcano.
_____2. The most common type of eruption is caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
_____3. Making evacuation plans with the family members is needed during and after volcanic
eruptions.
_____4. Lava can be pushed hundreds of feet into the air when volcanoes erupt.
_____5. One of the signs that a volcano is about to erupt is that there is a decrease in the frequency of
volcanic quakes with rumbling sounds, occurrence of volcanic tremors.
_____6. Portable battery-operated radio and extra batteries are things needed to prepare as the
volcano begins to erupt.
_____7. Floods, airborne ash or noxious fumes can spread 100 miles or more.
_____8. There is a decreased steaming activity; change in color of steam emission from white to gray
due to entrained ash is a sign that a volcano is about to erupt.
_____9. The pyroclastic flow is formed from rock fragments following a volcanic explosion.
_____10. The most dangerous type of volcanic eruption is referred to as a glowing avalanche. This is
when freshly erupted magma forms hot pyroclastic flow which have temperatures of up to 800
degrees.