Volcanoes

One major belt of volcanoes that surrounds the Pacific Ocean

• Ring of Fire

• Ring of Asia

• Ring o' earthquakes

• Ring a ding ding

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A bowl shaped area that may form at the top of a volcano around the central vent

• crater

• vent

• tube

• leftovers

An area where material from deep within Earth's mantle rises through the crust and melts to form magma.

• hot spot

• rift zone

• hot soup

• hot mamma

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A volcano that has gentle sloping sides and is formed from runny lava

• Shield volcano
• Cinder cone
• Composite
• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which one of these does NOT affect the temperature at which magma forms?

• Pressure
• Composition of material
• Water
• Viscosity

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is letter C in the picture?

• Vent
• Crater
• Caldera
• Tephra

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A subduction zone is...

• plates pull apart.
• the continental plate slides under the oceanic plate.
• where the oceanic plate slides under the continental plate.
• plates slap each other a high five.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

• divergent
• convergent
• transform
• subducting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3