Volcanoes Review

What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?

• Hot Spot
• Magma
• Lava
• Volcano

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What type of volcano has steep slopes made of alternating layers of ash and silica rich lava?

• Caldera
• Cinder Cone
• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano

The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?

• Divergent Boundary
• Hot Spot
• Subduction Boundary
• Transform Boundary

What is a volcano?

• A mountain that has lava all over it 
• A giant hill filled with magma
• A long high sea wave 
• A hole in the Earth where magma erupts

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What type of volcano is shown above?

• Strato

• Cinder Cone

• Shield

• Composite

What do you call a large crater formed by the collapse of a volcano?

• Caldera
• Cinder Cone
• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano

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What are fast moving clouds of gas, ash, and rock bombs that are products from an explosive eruption?

• ash fall 
• effusive debris
• magma
• pyroclastic flows

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If a volcano is high in silica and water it will probably _____.

• erupt quietly

• remain dormant

• erupt explosively

• produce dark colored lava

When ash, cinders, and bombs build up in a steep pile around a volcano's vent, it is a _____ volcano.

• cinder cone

• composite

• shield

• dormant

Where are most of the world's volcanoes found?

• underwater

• Aleutian Islands

• Ring of Fire

• Asia

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