Volcanoes Vocabulary Review (Ch. 5)

A mountain that forms in Earth's crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface is called a ______________.

• deep-ocean trench

• earthquake

• magma mountain

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

___________ is a mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.

• rock

• pyroclastic flow

• magma

• convection

When magma reaches the surface, it is called ____________.

• rock

• lava

• silica

• magma

The ________________ is a major belt of volcanoes that surrounds the Pacific Ocean.

• Ring of Fire

• Pacific mountains

• earthquakes

• tectonic plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the three types of volcanoes?

• Shield

• Cinder-Cone

• Explosive

• Composite

• Hot Spot

A volcano that will never erupt again is referred to as ____________.

• dormant

• dead

• extinct

• active

The long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to the Earth's surface is called the ___________.

• pipe

• vent

• sill

• batholith

An area where material from deep within Earth's mantle rises through crust and melts to form magma.

• hot spot

• volcano

• eruption

• silica

A string of volcanoes that form as a result of subduction of one oceanic plate beneath a second oceanic plate.

• Hawaii

• Island Arc

• Cinder-Cone Volcano

• hot spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A volcano's ______________ is the pocket beneath a volcano where magma collects

• pipe

• side vent

• magma chamber

• hot spot