Volcano Quiz

What is the opening that extends from the magma chamber to the top of the volcano called?

• magma
• lava
• vent 
• crater

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What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?

• Lava
• Mafic Magma
• Felsic Magma
• None of these

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When an explosive eruption  forms a mixture of hot rock, ash, and gas, this material is called a...?

• Land slide
• Lava
• Eruption trail
• Pyroclastic flow

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What is the opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock, gases, and ash erupt?

• Divergent Boundary
• Magma
• Subduction Boundary
• Volcano

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

• Hot Spot
• Magma
• Lava
• Volcano

What type of lava cools quickly and forms rock with jagged edges?

• Aa
• Magma
• Pahoehoe
• Pillow Lava

What type of lava cools slowly and forms rock with smooth, ropelike features?

• Aa
• Magma
• Pahoehoe
• Pillow Lava

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A "pyroclastic flow" is . . . . 

• A large volcanic eruption.
• When magma is hurled out of a volcano.
• Has both "cinders" and "bombs".
• All the above.

From where does magma immediately exit a volcano? 

• magma chamber
• side vent
• pipe
• main vent

Large pocket of molten rock located directly below a volcano.

• pyroclastics
• lahars
• subduction zone
• magma chamber