Volcano (GH1)

What is the difference between magma and lava? 

• Where it is found (above or below the surface)
• How hot the molten rock is (lava is hotter than magma)
•  The type of boundary where it forms
• The viscosity of the molten rock (lava has a lower viscosity)

Which type of volcano has explosive eruptions (pyroclastic flow)?

• Composite Volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Composite and Cinder Cone Volcanoes
• All the above

A line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the

• Ring of fire
• Aleutian Islands
• Hawaiian Islands
• Caribbean Islands

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2. Melted rock inside a volcano or near a volcano is known as....

• Magma
• Lava
• Pyroclastic Material

Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....

• Silica
• Rock
• lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a huge hole left by the collapse of a volcano called? 

• caldera
• vent
• lava plateau
• hot spot

What type of volcano is this?

• shield
• cinder cone
• composite

What type of volcano is this?

• shield
• cinder cone
• composite

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of

• volcanoes forming over a hot spot
• volcanoes forming along a plate boundary
• the Ring of Fire
• continental drift

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Most volcanoes occur 

• oceanic/continental convergent
• oceanic/oceanic convergent
• transform boundary
• oceanic/continental divergent