Volcanoes

What are scientists that study volcanoes called?

• doctor
• vet
• volcanologist
• volcano scientist

A volcano belt that rims the Pacific Ocean

• Belt of Fire
• Ring of Fire
• Hat of Fire
• Earthquake of Fire

Wide gentle sloping mountain from lava pouring out of the vent and hardens on top of previous layers

• Earthquake
• Cinder cone volcano
• Composite volcano
• Shield volcano

Which of the following do satellites detect to determine that a volcanic eruption will soon happen?

• Slope deformation
• Temperature changes
• Gases being given off
• All of these

What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?

• Aa
• Lava
• Magma
• Pahoehoe

The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called ____.

• laccoliths
• pyroclastic material
• calderas
• volcanic stocks

This city was destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

• Rome
• Munich
• Pompeii
• Naples

Cinder cones can be described as...

• Very large with gentle slopes and eruptions of low viscosity magma
• Large with steep slopes and violent eruptions of very viscous magma
• Small and clustered in groups with steep slopes and firey eruptions that occur only once

Which of the following is an opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano

• pipe
• magma chamber
• crater
• vent

5. What are the most explosive types of volcanoes?

• Shield
• Composite
• Cinder Cone