Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics

What is a volcano?

• A large storm with high speed winds

• The violent shaking of the Earth when two plates bump into each other

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

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What do we call molten, liquid rock before it reaches Earth's surface?

• Lava

• Magma

• Hot Dogs

• Hot Rocks

When molten, liquid rock erupts on to Earth's surface, we refer to it as_________

• Magma

• Lava

• Steam

• Ash

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What kind of rocks are formed from cooling lava?

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary

• Basaltic

• Igneous

A dormant volcano is...

• A currently erupting volcano

• A volcano that erupted recently

• A volcano that scientists believe will never, ever erupt again

• A volcano that has not erupted in a long time, but may erupt again at some point in the future

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What type of volcano forms out of wide, thin, runny layers of lava?

• Cinder Cones

• Composite Volcanoes

• Stratovolcanoes

• Shield Volcanoes

Sunset Crater in Arizona is an example of what type of small, simple volcanoes?

• Cinder Cones

• Lava Domes

• Stratovolcanoes

• Shield Volcanoes

These volcanoes sometimes form inside other volcanoes...

• Stratovolcanoes

• Shield Volcanoes

• Cinder Cones

• Lava Domes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Some of the tallest mountains on Earth are examples of this type of massive, powerful volcano...

• Composite Volcanoes

• Lava Domes

• Cinder Cones

• Shield Volcanoes

The tallest volcano in the entire solar system is found on what planet?

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

• Io