Volcanoes Review

What is the resistance of a liquid, such as lava, to flow?

• Elasticity
• Pyroclasticity
• Silica
• Viscosity

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

• Caldera
• Cinder Cone
• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano

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

• Blocky Lava

• Magma

• Pahoehoe

• Pillow Lava

What is a determining factor in which type of eruption will occur?

• the chemistry of the magma
• the size of the mountain
• the climate around the volcano
• the number of people living near the volcano

A huge hole that is left behind when a volcano collapses is called a

• Batholith
• Caldera
• Geyser

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Cinder cones can be described as...

• Very large with gentle slopes and eruptions of low viscosity magma
• Large with steep slopes and violent eruptions of very viscous magma
• Small and clustered in groups with steep slopes and firey eruptions that occur only once

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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

• Aa
• Magma
• Pahoehoe
• Pillow Lava

Liquid magma that reaches the surface is called _____________

• magma

• fault

• lava

• hot spot

Which kind of volcano is most likely to erupt soon? 

• a chamber volcano
• an active volcano
• a dormant volcano
• an extinct volcano

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• erupt quietly

• remain dormant

• erupt explosively

• produce dark colored lava