Volcano Quiz

What are the different types of volcanoes?

• Cinder Cones

• Composite Volcanoes

• Shield Volcanoes

• Lava Volcanoes

• All of the above

Cinder cones are c _ _ c _ _ _ _or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava.

Composite volcanoes are usually made from high-viscosity _ _ _ _ash and rock debris.

Lava domes are formed when erupting lava is too_ _ _ _ _ to flow and makes a steep -sided mound as the lava piles up.

What are the three layers the earth is made of?

• Mantle,

  Core,

  Crust

• Crust,

  Mantle,

  Core

• Core,

  Crust,

  Mantle

What are the different stages of volcanoes?

_ _ _ _ve- Recently erupted and will erupt again soon.

_ _ _ _ _nt- Has not erupted in a long time but there is a possibility it may erupt.

_ _ _ _ _ct- Erupted thousands of years ago, no possibility of eruption anymore.

How do volcanoes erupt?

When two plates collide, _ _ _ _ _ is squeezed up.

What happens in an eruption?

Eruptions can cause lateral blast, _ _ _ _ flows, hot ash flows, mudslides, avalanches, falling ash and floods.

• water

• lava

• magma

What happens in an eruption?

An erupting volcano can trigger tsunamis, flash _ _ _ _ _ _ and earthquakes.

Fresh lava ranges from _ _ _^oc to _ _ _ _^oc in temperature and glows red hot to white hot as it flows.