Volcanoes

What is another name for magma that has reached Earth's surface?

• Vent

• Dust

• Ash

• Lava

This is the name for the chain of volcanoes and earthquakes around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• The Subduction Zone

• The Ring of Fire

• The Seismic-Tectonic Area

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Match the volcano to its descriptions?

• Composite

• Has tall steep sides

• Shield

• Erupt loudly - has light grinitic magma

• Cinder Cone

• Erupt quietly - has dark basaltic magma

Match the volcano to its descriptions?

• Shield

• 
• Composite

• 
• Cinder Cone

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the definition of dormant?

• sleeping
• extinct
• active
• invisible

Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Volcanoes that have recently erupted are known as:

• Extinct Volcano
• Dormant Volcano
• Active Volcano
• What's a volcano?

A volcano that has erupted in the last 2000 years but not recently is known as....

• Dormant
• Active
• Extinct
• Angry

Volcanoes that have not erupted for at least 10,000 years are described as...

• Sleeping
• Dormant
• Active
• Extinct

Where are volcanoes most likely to form?

• along plate boundaries

• near the center of continents

• near water

• on the moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3