Vocabulary about Volcanoes

A volcano is ...

• a large storm with very high speed winds.

• a large cloud that generates rain, hail, and lightning

• an opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface.

• a violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other.

The molten hot liquid rock while it is still below the Earth's surface is called ....

• lava

• magma

• igneous rock

• Ring of Fire

The molten hot liquid rock once it erupts to the Earth's surface is called ....

• lava

• magma

• igneous rock

• Ring of Fire

A dormant volcano is ...

• a volcano that has not erupted in a long time, but may erupt again.

• a volcano that has erupted in recent history.

• a volcano that scientists believe will never erupt again.

• a volcano that is currently erupting.

What kind of rocks are formed when lava from a volcano cools?

• rock

• igneous rock

• magma

• lava

What type of volcano forms from wide thin layers of lava?

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

• cinder cone

• lava dome

Which volcano buried the ancient town of Pompeii in Italy?

• Mount Etna

• Mount Merapi

• Mount Vesuvius

• Mount Everest

Ring of Fire refers to ....

• Circum-Pacific chain of volcanoes

• typical caldera shape

• pattern of lava flow

• ash falls

Which of the following is not a volcano?

• Mauna Loa

• Mount Merapi

• Mount Everest

• Mount Sinabung

Most shield volcanoes have grown from the ocean floor to form ....

• tectonic plates

• mountains

• canyons

• islands