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VOLCANOES TEST QUESTIONS

Direction:  Read the questions carefully and encircle the letter of your chosen answer.
1. Which characteristic of magma mainly determines its explosiveness?
                a. color
                b. amount
    c. temperature
                d. silica content
2. Which of the following characteristics of a volcano depends on its magma emission? 
    a. age
    b. size
                c. shape
                d. location
3. Which of the following factors associated with huge volcanic eruptions may cause the decrease in the Earth’s average temperature for a few years?
                a. heat
                b. light
                c. acid rain
                d. volcanic ash
4. A thick layer of volcanic ash can be heavy enough to collapse the roofs of buildings because ash ________.
                a. is solid.
    b. cannot be blown by winds.
                c. becomes heavier as it cools.
                d. consists of tiny fragments of rocks that becomes heavy as they pile up.
5. Which of the following is an active volcano in the Philippines?
                a. Apo in Davao
    b.Bud Datu in Sulu
                c.Isarog in Camarines Sur
    d.Kanlaon in Negros Oriental

For numbers 6 to 8, choose from the illustration below.

Which among the following volcanoes is formed from: (Choose the letter only)
6. cinders and ash?
7. mostly lava?
8. alternate solidification of lava and cinders?
9. Which of the following are active volcanoes?
                                I. Mayon in Albay    
                                II.Taal in Batangas    
                                III. Vulcan in Camiguin
IV. Kanlaon in Negros Oriental
                a. I and II only
                b. II and III only
                c. I, II, and III only
                d. I, II, and IV only





II.  Answer the following questions
1. How does the eruption of a volcano lower the atmospheric temperature?
2. Give one positive effect and one negative effect of volcanic eruption.
3. Describe the shape of the volcanic cone formed from the following types of volcanic emission:
                a. high temperature magma
                b. low amount of gas magma
                c. high silica content magma
4. Aside from Mayon Volcano, name another Philippine volcano that has erupted recently.
5. What causes a shield volcano to be shaped like a broad dome?
6. How is energy from volcanoes tapped as source of electricity?


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