Volcanoes

Magma that reaches the surface is called:

• Vent
• Hot spot
• Lava
• Cinders

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The belt of volcanoes around the rim of the Pacific Ocean is called:

• Island arc
• Ring of Fire
• Lava plateau
• Hawaii

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Shield volcanoes have:

• gently sloping sides
• a steep cone shape
• moderately sized sides
• long cracks along plate boundaries

When a volcano erupts, empties the magma chamber, and collapses the top leaving a huge hole.

• Dike
• Caldera
• Silica
• Geyser

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Inside a volcano, magma collects in a pocket called a:

• caldera
• pipe
• magma chamber
• vent

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Magma's resistance to flow, or how thick it is, is called:

• silica
• viscosity
• hot spot
• caldera

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The name of a volcano that erupted in Washington State in 1980.

• Mt. Fuji
• Old Faithful
• Mt. St. Helens
• Mt. Pinatubo

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An opening through which the lava flows is called:

• crater
• caldera
• vent
• pipe

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The Andes Mountains and volcanoes formed at...

• a divergent plate boundary
• a hot spot
• a convergent plate boundary
• a caldera

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What is the definition of dormant?

• sleeping
• extinct
• active
• invisible