Birth of Rocks Mysteries 1 & 2 Assessment

When you look at a world map, where are most of the volcanoes located?

• In a circle shape around the Atlantic Ocean

• In a triangle shape around the Pacific Ocean

• In a horseshoe shape around the Pacific Ocean

• In an oval shape around the Indian Ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The volcanoes that you plotted on the world maps formed ____.

• a pattern

• a straight line

What is the pattern called for all of the volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean?

• The Valley of Fire

• The Line of Fire

• The Ring of Fire

• The Lord of the Rings

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Are all the world's volcanoes located in this one ringed pattern?

• yes

• no

Is it possible for a volcano to erupt where you live?

• yes

• no

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Type in ONE word that best answers the following question:

Cone-shaped volcanoes produce what kind of lava?

Type in ONE word that best answers the following question:

Shield-shaped volcanoes produce what kind of lava?

Type ONE word:

Cone-shaped volcanoes produce rock called ____.

Type ONE word:

Shield-shaped volcanoes produce rock called ____.

This volcano is highly explosive due to pressure building up from trapped gas bubbles!

• Cone volcano

• Shield volcano