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Volcanoes - class-IX

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What causes the sudden movements of the earth?
  1. Volcano

  2. Folding

  3. Flood plain

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sudden movements of the earth can be noticed during the eruption of a volcano. Sudden movements, caused by sudden endogenetic forces coming from deep within the earth, cause such sudden and rapid events that these cause massive destruction at and below the earth's surface. These forces work very quickly and their results are seen within minutes.

In some eruptions, mud flows are forced over the ________.

  1. earth's mantle

  2. ocean bed

  3. earth's surface

  4. earth's core


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mud flows are a flowage of water-saturated earth material possessing a high degree of fluidity during movement. A less-saturated flowing mass is often called a debris flow. A mudflow originating on the flank of a volcano which generally flows through the surface of the Earth.

Magma which is forced onto Earth's surface is known as _________.

  1. vent

  2. cone

  3. lava

  4. magma chamber


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Magma, when comes out on the surface of the earth through the volcanic opening, is called lava, hence option C is correct.
  • The vent is the volcanic opening on earth's surface.
  • Cone is the structure of the volcano formed as a heap of cooled materials that come out of volcanic eruptions
  • The magma chamber is the pool of magma beneath the surface of the earth.

Which is the highest volcano of the world?

  1. Ojos del Salado

  2. Cameroon

  3. Kluchevskaya

  4. Mount Wrangell


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The highest active volcano in the world is Ojos del Salado on the Chile-Argentina border in the Central Andes. It rises to 6887 m / 22,595 ft. It has not erupted in recorded history but is an active volcano.

Funnel shaped mouth of a volcano is called _____.

  1. Vent

  2. Crater

  3. Chamber

  4. Lava


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Volcanic crater is a circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity. It's typically a basin, circular in form within which occurs a vent from which magma erupts as gases, lava, and ejecta. A crater can be of large dimensions, and sometimes of great depth.

Which is caused by the smaller movements of the earth?

  1. Flood plain

  2. Beach

  3. Volcano

  4. Folding


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Volcanic activity frequently occurs at the boundaries of the Earth's tectonic plates which are a series of large moving blocks. The movement of these plates plays a significant role in the type of volcano formed, which influences its shape. If the movement is smaller, they leads to volcanic eruptions. Larger movements may lead to earthquakes.

Mt. Aconcagua in South America is an __________.

  1. extinct volcano

  2. dormant volcano

  3. active volcano

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aconcagua is the highest mountain outside Asia, at 6,961 metres and by extension the highest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Aconcagua is of volcanic origin, but it is not an active volcano and cab be considered as extinct.

When a volcano ejects acidic lava, eruption is usually ____________.

  1. Light and less violent

  2. Soft and less violent

  3. Loud and less violent

  4. Loud and more violent


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

When a volcano ejects acid lava, they are loud and violent usually because of the explosive pressures building up in magma. They eject acid lava, ash, gases and rock fragments. They are dangerous as materials can rain down on settlements. Ex: Eruptions at Krakatoa in Indonesia.

Mt. Kenya is an Extinct volcanoes in __________.

  1. South America

  2. Africa

  3. Europe

  4. Australia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. Mount Kenya is a stratovolcano created approximately 3 million years after the opening of the East African rift. Before glaciation, it was 7,000 m high. It was covered by an ice cap for thousands of years. This has resulted in much eroded slopes and numerous valleys radiating from the centre.

Frequency of eruption serves as the basis of classification of volcanoes. Which of the following is not in this category?

  1. dormant volcanoes

  2. active volcanoes

  3. composite volcanoes

  4. extinct volcanoes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An active volcano is a volcano that has had at least one eruption during the past 10,000 years. An active volcano might be erupting or dormant.

An erupting volcano is an active volcano that is having an eruption...

dormant volcano is an active volcano that is not erupting but supposed to erupt again.

An extinct volcano has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.

The above classification is based on the frequency of eruption while the classification as a composite volcano is based on the structure of the volcano thus option C is the right answer.

Mt. Vesuvius is regarded as active volcano but it is not erupted since ______.

  1. 1944

  2. 1945

  3. 1946

  4. 1947


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mt Vesuvius is a volcano located in Italy which had last recorded eruption in 1944, hence A is the correct answer. It has a long history of a number of eruptions in recorded history thus it is considered as an active volcano.

The volcano Killimanjoro is in ___________.

  1. Kenya

  2. China

  3. Tanzania

  4. Brazil


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Mt Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. Hence C is the correct option.
  • It is also the highest mountain of Africa.

There are at least _______ known  active volcanoes.

  1. 450

  2. 550

  3. 160

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The number of potentially active volcanoes on Earth is estimated to be about 1500, with 550 of these having erupted in recorded history. The total number of volcanoes throughout the entire world is unknown because not all volcanoes are accessible, known and recorded.

In which one of the following islands of India is an active volcano found?

  1. Car Nicobar Island

  2. Nancowry Island

  3. Barren Island

  4. Maya Bunder Island


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Barren Island is located in the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands in India. It is the only active volcano in India.
  • Hence option C is correct.

Large depression formed by volcanic eruption is called as ________.

  1. Caldera lake

  2. Crater lake

  3. Vane

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

caldera is a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses. During a volcanic eruption, magma present in the magma chamber underneath the volcano is expelled, often forcefully.

Mt. Fujiyama and Mt. Vesuvius are __________ volcanoes.

  1. Dormant

  2. External

  3. Internal

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mount Fuji is in a Critical State and Could Be Ready To Blow. After 307 years, the massive active volcano in Japan may be due for another eruption as a result of a buildup of pressure from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the country's eastern coast in 2011.

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe and has produced some of the continent's largest volcanic eruptions. Located on Italy's west coast, it overlooks the Bay and City of Naples and sits in the crater of the ancient Somma volcano.

Vast basin-shaped volconic mouth is _________.

  1. caldera

  2. crust

  3. crater

  4. vent


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Volcanic materials of various sorts are ejected through a pipe and the vent situated at the top of the pipe. The enlarged from of the volcanic vent is known a volcanic crater and caldera.

Which one of the following is an active volcano?

  1. Mt. Arata of Turkey

  2. Mt. Kulal of Kenya 

  3. Mt. Fujiyama of Japan

  4. Mt. Stromboli and Mt. Etna in Italy


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth and has been erupting almost continuously since 1932. Because it has been active for much of the last 2,000 years and its eruptions are visible for long distances at night, it is known as the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean". It is among the world's most visited volcanoes.

Mount Etna is Europe's highest and most active volcano. Towering above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily, it has been growing for about 500,000 years and is in the midst of a series of eruptions that began in 2001.

Which one of the following flows out from a volcano?

  1. Water

  2. Lava

  3. Igneous rocks

  4. All of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lava flows from the volcano. Molten rock materials are generally called magma below the earth's surface while when they come out at the earth's face they are called lava. Lava is very hot and the temperature ranges between 700 to 1200 degrees Celsius.

The funnel-shaed hollow at the top of the cone of a volcano is called ___________.

  1. crater

  2. caldera

  3. vent

  4. magma


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A volcanic crater is a funnel shaped hollow at the top of the vent. It is formed as lava and gas and ash are blasted upwards from the main vent. Material falls back down to earth around the vent and slowly piles up forming a rim around it. The inside of the crater is kept clear by the force of upward moving material constantly removing any debris which falls there.

The liquid that flows out of a volcano is called ________.

  1. Lava

  2. Magma

  3. Mantle

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lava is the molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption. A lava flow is a moving/outpouring of lava, which is created during a non-explosive effusive eruption. When it has stopped moving, lava solidifies to form igneous rock. The term lava flow is commonly shortened to lava. Although lava can be up to 100,000 times more viscous than water, lava can flow great distances before cooling and solidifying because of its thixotropic and shear thinning properties.

Hot molten rock material inside the earth is called _____and after reacting the earth's surface, it is known as ________.

  1. Magma, lava

  2. Lava, magma

  3. Crater, magma

  4. Lava, crater


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Magma is an extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock located under Earth's surface. Earth has a layered structure that consists of the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. Much of the planet's mantle consists of magma. When magma flows or erupts onto Earth's surface, it is called lava.

The Barren Island of Andaman in India is ______________.

  1. Extinct volcano

  2. Active volcano

  3. Dormant volcano

  4. Cinder cone volcano


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Barren Island is an island located in the Andaman Sea. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia and the only active volcano along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar.

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