"BURNING UP " THE VOLCANO SITES QUIZ
|
|
|
Here at the "burning up" quiz site you can test your knowledge of volcanoes.
Are you a molten monster ? a lava lord ? or a puny pumice ?
Test yourself with our questions on famous geographic volcanic regions.
1. This famous volcano is the closest one to our home town of Victoria, B.C. in Canada ?
2. Which ancient Roman town was buried in the year 79 A.D. by a tremendous amount of volcanic ash ? (choose from Fiorentina, Etrusca or Pompeii)
3. What was the name of the volcano in that same year which erupted, providing the ash to bury the inhabitants ? (choose from Vesuvius, Aetna, or Stromboli)
4. Which small island was devastated by the violent eruption of Mt. Pelee in 1902 ? (choose from Martinique, Miquelon, or Bermuda)
5. What was the name of the town that was destroyed by Mt. Pelee's eruption on the island in the same catastrophe ? (choose from San Miguel, St. Pierre, or Havana)
6. The shield volcano of Mauna Loa is considered the world's largest active volcano and partly makes up the Hawaiian island of (Hawaii, Oahu, or Maui) ?
7. The largest known volcano in the solar system is another shield volcano named Olympus Mons. On which planet can it be found ? (choose from Venus, Neptune, or Mars)
8. This famous Far East volcano is a dormant, snow-capped peak that is a national symbol of Japan. Can you name it ?
9. Crater Lake is a beautiful remnant of a cinder cone explosion about 7000 years ago that can be found atop the former summit of Mt. Mazama in which U.S. state ? (choose from Washington, Oregon, or Montana)
10. This Mexican volcano that formed in a farmer's field in 1943 is one of the few whose formation geologists have been able to observe from beginning to end ? (choose from El Chichon, Paricutin, or Pinatubo)
11. The Ring of Fire is a famous series of volcanoes that may be found on several continents encircling this ocean ? (choose from the Indian, Atlantic, or Pacific)
12. The eruption of the volcano Tambora is estimated to be the largest in modern times, occuring in 1815. On which island nation did it take place ? (choose from Indonesia, Fiji, or Madagascar)
All done! Okay, on to the "Burning up" answer key for your ranking
back to the volcano homepage