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Volcano Quiz

Welcome to the QuizMoz Volcano Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

Volcano Quiz Facts
Average Score for this quiz:	42%
No of times this quiz has been taken:	24
No of people passing this quiz:	10
No of people failing this quiz:	14
Maximum score for this quiz:	100%

Coverage : The Volcano Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of these amazing features. The Volcano Quiz questions are carefully compiled and will enable you to gauge how much you know about the Volcano.
1.	Which European city has an extinct volcano at its centre?
a.		Oslo
b.		Brussels
c.		Bucherest
d.		Edinburgh

2.	The explosion of which volcano is believed to behind the legend of the lost country of Atlantis?
a.		Etna
b.		Santorini
c.		Stromboli
d.		Versuvius

3.	In which American state is Mount St Helens?
a.		Washington
b.		Oregon
c.		New Mexico
d.		North Dakota

4.	Which ancient civilization was most affected by the eruption of Santorini in about 1645 B.C.?
a.		Minoan
b.		Persian
c.		Phoenician
d.		Greek

5.	The Volcanic Mount Erebus is in which continent?
a.		Asia
b.		Europe
c.		South America
d.		Antartica

6.	In which country is the intermittently active volcano Cotapaxi?
a.		Equador
b.		Mexico
c.		Peru
d.		Brazil

7.	Which is the most volcanic of rocks?
a.		Sandstone
b.		Basalt
c.		Granite
d.		Limestone

8.	In terms of volcanoes what is a caldera?
a.		A flat topped volcano
b.		A shield formed by cooled lava
c.		A bowl shaped crater
d.		A volcano with lots of different craters.

9.	Alfred Wegener came up with which theory?
a.		Continental drift (ans)
b.		Flood basalt
c.		Hydrovolcanic
d.		Lahar

10.	The word maar is used to describe an almost round crater. From which language does it come?
a.		Spanish
b.		Malayan
c.		Thai
d.		German

11.	In Hawaiian what does the word pahoehoe describe?
a.		A shower of hot rock
b.		A layer of cooling ash
c.		The chamber where magma collects before being forced out of the volcano
d.		Smooth flowing lava with a skin

12.	What kind of eruption is described as phreatic?
a.		A sudden burst of steam
b.		A mixture of rock and lava
c.		A gradually release of ash
d.		A release of sulphurous gas

13.	There was volcanic activity at Cook Inlet in March 2006. Where is it?
a.		British Columbia
b.		Hawaii
c.		Alaska
d.		Jamaica

14.	Most volcanic action in New Zealand is concentrated in which of the two main islands?
a.		South
b.		North

15.	There was a major eruption of which North American volcano in 1980?
a.		Mount Rainier
b.		Mount St Helens
c.		Merriam cone
d.		Malapi Hill

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What others think about Volcano

By: Tracy on 10/10/2008

Great test. A nice way to gauge one's knowledge

By: Samantha on 10/9/2008

This is so cool. Even though I really did not know some of the questions, it was still fun!

By: Kayla on 10/8/2008

I think this is a great quiz full of knowlodge and information.

By: Tommy on 10/7/2008

Great site. Good learning and fun.

By: Erin on 10/6/2008

it was a fun and interseting quiz!

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