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Volcanoes & Mountain Building Test Practice

Authored by Amy Petelo

Social Studies

9th - 10th Grade

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Volcanoes & Mountain Building Test Practice
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Underground igneous rock bodies are called

lava flows.

plutons.

volcanoes.

calderas.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The greatest volume of volcanic material is produced by

eruptions of cinder cones.

eruptions of composite cones.

eruptions along ocean ridges.

eruptions of shield volcanoes.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The most explosive type of volcanic activity is associated with

cinder cones.

sills.

composite cones.

shield volcanoes.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A magma’s viscosity is directly related to its

depth.

age.

color.

silica content.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the pulverized rock, lava, ash, and other fragments ejected from the vent of a volcano called?

sills

craters

pahoehoes

Pyroclastic material

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which type of volcano consists of layers of lava flows and pyroclastic material?

composite cone

cinder cone

shield volcano

laccolith

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The hotter of two types of basaltic lava commonly forms

aa flows.

pahoehoe flows.

pyroclastic flows.

lapilli flows.

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