Practice Questions - Volcanoes

what type of volcano do you see in this image?

• Cinder Cone

• Strato Volcano

• Shield Volcano

What type of lava eruptions will build a volcano that looks like this?

• Basaltic

• Andesitic

• Rhyolitic

What kind of volcano do you see in this picture?

• Cinder Cone

• Strato volcano

• Shield Volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of magma does this volcano erupt?

• basaltic

• andesitic

• rhyolitic

Where does basaltic magma come from?

• Divergent boundaries

• subduction zones

• hot spots

• divergent boundaries and hot spots

Where does intermediate/andesitic magma come from?

• divergent boundaries

• subduction zones

• hot spots

• divergent boundaries and hot spots

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

which type of magma as the lowest amount of silica?

• basaltic

• andesitic

• rhyolitic

Which type of magma does not flow at all.

• basaltic

• intermediate/andesitic

• rhyolitic

How does the amount of silica in a magma affect the viscosity of the magma?

• more silica = faster flow

• more silica = slower flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The ring of fire is mostly made of what type of volcanoes?

• cinder cones

• strato volcanoes

• shield volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3