Grade 7 Volcano's National Geographic

A volcano is an opening in.....

• The earths surface

• The moons surface

• The surface of a mountain

• All of the above

Usually found in a mountain, the opening allows, gas, hot__________________ and ash to escape from beneath the Earth's crust.

The word volcano comes from which Roman name?

• Cano

• Voccanis

• Magnatus

• Vulcan

Why does it make sense that volcanoes are often found at meeting points of tectonic plates?

Approximately 350 million people live within danger range of an active volcano. This is....... people.

• One in a hundred

• One in two hundred

• One in twenty

• One in five hundred

Volcanoes can be classified as active, dormant or ____________.

Two of the main shapes that volcanoes take are

• circular and rectangular shaped

• rectangular and side shaped

• cone and wide shape

• triangular and rectangular shaped

Explain how magma and lava are two different things.

Lava from a volcano can reach _________degrees Celsius.

The world's largest active volcano is......

• Mount Merapi in Indonesia

• Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii

• Sakurajima in Japan

• Mauna Loa in Hawaii