Volcano Test Review

What are volcanoes?

• A vent where material escapes

• A vent where lava is located

• A vent where magma is located

• A vent where rock fragments are located

Where are volcanoes located?

• They are found in the ocean

• They are found in the sky

• They are found along convergent and divergent plate boundaries

• They are found in the ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

How do volcanoes create magma?

• When the temperature rises

• If the pressure on the rock decreases

• If water is added

• All of the above

The stages of a volcano are: active, extinct, and dormant.

• True

• False

What are volcanic hotspots?

• Created by mantle plume and volcanoes form on hotspots.

• Created by hot rock

• Created by hot slate

• Created by a hot land mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Hotspots are important to volcanoes because volcanoes grow above hotspots.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

What is magma?

• Melted rock

• Lava

• The Earth

• Sand

Magma forms deep beneath the Earth's surface.

• True

• False

Thick lava flows easily.

• True

• False

Fluid lava flows down mountain sides.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2