Volcanoes

The Pacific Ring of Fire is

• A super volcano under the Pacific Ocean

• The area around Japan

• A circle of 7 volcanoes in Indonesia.

• the series of volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean Basin.

The area around Yellowstone park is over a Super volcano

• true

• false

A volcano is

• anything that produces natural heat and flame

• a structure that forms in Earth's crust when magma reaches the surface

• a mountain structure that allows gravity from the moon to pull up magma from the Earth's core.

• a structure that produces molten rock below the surface

Molten rock is known as ________________ below ground and becomes _______________ above ground.

• Continental rock, crust rock

• igneous rock, metamorphic rock

• magma, lava

• convergent rock, divergent rock

Volcanoes can only appear along a plate boundary

• true

• false

Hot spots are thin spots in the crust that allows volcanoes to form away from plate boundaries.

• true

• false

What is number 2 pointing to?

• Pipe 
• Side Vent
• Vent
• Magma Chamber 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is number 4 pointing to?

• Magma Chamber
• Vent
• Pipe 
• Crater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What is number 5 pointing to?

• Side vent
• Magma Chamber 
• Pipe 
• Vent

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of volcano is shown on the model above? 

• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Cinder Cone Volcano