Volcano Quizzes & Trivia

Is Joe Versus the Volcano or Dante’s Peak your favorite flick? Do you know your Mount Vesuvius from your Mount Saint Helens and your Krakatoa from your Kilauea? Are you bursting with the knowledge of when Mount Pinatubo, Mount Tambora and Mount Pelée last erupted? Can you pronounce Eyjafjallajokull? If so, this section of quizzes is for you.

How many active volcanoes are there in the world? Which one is most likely to erupt next? What effect does an ash cloud have on global weather? What do you do in case of an eruption? Only one percent of our planet is solid rock...the rest is oozing beneath our feet and waiting for a chance to erupt. Learn more and test your knowledge of magma, lava, ash, molten rock, famous peaks and frightening eruptions in our Volcano quizzes, and show off your explosive skills. The heat is on!

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Trivia Quiz: Volcanoes Ultimate Questions! Test

Questions: 21 | Attempts: 9745 | Last updated: Apr 16, 2020

Sample Question
The Ring of Fire refers to the volcanoes that are

Located in Africa

Located at hot spots

Located around the borders of the Pacific Ocean and surrounding continents

Earthquakes And Volcanoes Quiz

There are a lot of occurrences that occur on the earth surface that can be very disastrous in high levels. Earthquakes are usually as a result of shifts in the tectonic plates and volcanoes allow for hot lava, volcanic ash, and...

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 5172 | Last updated: Aug 18, 2020

Sample Question
What is the richter scale

A device that measures the number of eathquakes

A device that measures the intensity of a eathquake

A device that measures the name of a volcano

What Kind Of Volcano Are You?

A Quiz to correlate your temper with a type of volcano... for fun...

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 2257 | Last updated: Jan 9, 2016

Sample Question
How frequently do you lose your temper to some degree?

Every Day

Weekly

Monthly or several times a year

I haven't lost it YET

I can't remember the last time

Volcanoes Facts! Test Your Knowledge! Trivia Quiz

A volcano is a unique mountain or a hill with a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have already been propelled from the earth’s crust. This quiz on volcanoes explains what...

Questions: 22 | Attempts: 460 | Last updated: May 26, 2021

Sample Question
Most shield volcanoes have grown from the ocean floor to form ______________.

Islands

Dikes

Tectonic plates

Canyons

Volcanoes - Chapter 9

Test your knowledge on volcanoes and where they form, why some volcanoes are explosive, what kind of landforms are produced by volcanic eruptions, and where volcanoes can be found in the solar system.By Grant Richards, Katrina...

Questions: 53 | Attempts: 679 | Last updated: Jan 15, 2013

Sample Question
Most of the athenosphere is _____ because of the pressure exerted by the lithosphere above it.

Water

Liquid

Solid

Cooler

Recent Quizzes

Paricutin Test 2 Ch.4-8

Paricutin Test 2 ch.4-8

If you fancy yourself a geology fanatic and are up to answering specifically designed questions that gauge your knowledge on Paricutin, try out this quiz. It is a simple set of questions therefore it will be easy to answer.

Questions: 61 | Attempts: 44 | Last updated: Aug 31, 2017

Sample Question
Lava flows are typically finer grained than intrusive igneous rocks. Why?

Intrusive magma is cooler because it is well insulated by the surrounding rock.

Intrusive magma flows onto the Earth's surface and cools very slowly, allowing many small mineral grains to grow.

The extrusive magma cools quickly so the mineral grains do not have time to grow.

The extrusive magma, because it is deep below the surface, cools very slowly, producing very small mineral grains.

What Is A Volcano?

What Is a Volcano?

This quiz is made based on the learning in Learning Set 5.3, What Is a Volcano.

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 187 | Last updated: Feb 14, 2013

Sample Question
What is one way volcanoes are created?

Asteriod impact

The result of an earthquake

Pressure building up in the mantle

Scientists really don't know

Volcano And Landslide Quiz

Volcano and Landslide Quiz

Test your knowledge of Volcanoes and Landslides!!!

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 428 | Last updated: Feb 13, 2013

Sample Question
What is magma?

A drink.

A layer of the earth.

Molten Rock.

Sand being burnt.

Volcano Ultimate Questions: Trivia Quiz!

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 199 | Last updated: Dec 21, 2020

Sample Question
Which volcano is located in Washington state?

Mount Kileua

Mount St. Helens

Mount Tambura

Mount Etna

Volcanoes Quiz Questions: Trivia Test!

Questions: 23 | Attempts: 147 | Last updated: Dec 21, 2020

Sample Question
Which of the following causes volcanoes to be explosive?

Viscosity of magma

Outside temperature

Dissolved gases

Learn More About Volcano Quiz

Learn more about Volcano Quiz

Quiz to determine knowledge of volcanoes. Types, locations, and eruptions are covered.

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 478 | Last updated: May 22, 2018

Sample Question
The ancient Greeks believed volcanoes were the gods showing their power. What have scientists learned about volcanoes?

They really are related to supernatural activity

They are tunnels leading to the center of the Earth

They are always caused by transform plate boundaries

They are vents in the crust that let out molten rock, steam, and debris

Mount Kilauea Facts: Trivia Quiz!

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 68 | Last updated: Dec 24, 2020

Sample Question
What type of volcano is Mount Kilauea?

Stratovolcano

Shield

Cinder Cone

Volcano Knowledge Trivia: Quiz!

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 37 | Last updated: Dec 15, 2020

Sample Question
What comes out of a volcano?

Water

Dust

Lava

Trivia Facts And Questions About Volcano! Quiz

Trivia Facts and Questions about Volcano! Quiz

Below is a trivia quiz about volcanoes which will help you to increase your knowledge. There are a lot of volcanic mountains in the world, and while some are dormant and have no possibilities of erupting in the near future, some...

Questions: 17 | Attempts: 322 | Last updated: Sep 4, 2019

The 1883 Eruption Of Krakatoa! Trivia Facts Quiz

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa! Trivia Facts Quiz

Active volcanoes have been a cause for a lot of studies and the violent 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one that will not be forgotten in history. In this year the mountain erupted and the lava consumed most of the Island and...

Questions: 7 | Attempts: 700 | Last updated: Jul 23, 2019

Sample Question
When did the eruption occur?

1901

1883

1845

1927

1876

Volcanoes Vocabulary Quiz 6-1

Volcano vocabulary.

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 147 | Last updated: Jan 10, 2013

Test 2 (Volcano Activities 4,5&7)

TEST 2 (Volcano Activities 4,5&7)

This is an open-book, open-note test covering Activities 4,5, & 7. You may only take this test once! Once completed, please record your score on your homework p.56 #1-4. You have until midnight 3/14 Sunday to complete it.

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 766 | Last updated: Jan 10, 2013

Sample Question
When a volcano erupts, particles other than lava are released in the atmosphere . The collective term is called tephra. What is the name for the LARGEST tephra? (HINT: p.34)

Asteriod

Volcanic bomb

Lapili

Ash

Unit C Chapter 1

This will help you study for your test over earthquakes and volcanoes. Good luck!!

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 64 | Last updated: Jan 9, 2013

Sample Question
Earth's ___________________ is its hottest layer.

Crust

Mantle

Inner core

Outer core

Questions On Volcanoes And Plate Tectonics! Trivia Quiz

Questions on Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics! Trivia Quiz

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 396 | Last updated: Jan 27, 2021

Sample Question
How are plate tectonics and volcanoes related?

They have nothing to do with one another.

Volcanoes are formed near where plates collide and are not formed anywhere else.

Volcanoes are formed near where plates collide and in the ocean.

Volcanoes are not formed where plates collide, but do form in the ocean.

Volcanoes Ch 10 Test

VOLCANOES CH 10 TEST

Volcanoes test read all questions

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 562 | Last updated: Dec 21, 2012

Sample Question
Today people are never killed by volcanic eruptions

TRUE

FALSE

Volcanoes Questions: Trivia Quiz! Exam

Volcanoes happen when magma rises to the earth's surface, which causes gas bubbles to appear in it and causes pressure to build up in the mountain, and it eventually explodes. This quiz will assess students' knowledge...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 162 | Last updated: Feb 23, 2021

Sample Question
The lava that flows from Hawaiian volcanoes is about:

200 degrees Celsius

600 degrees Celsius

900 degrees Celsius

1300 degrees Celsius