Structure of a Volcano and The Ring Of Fire

What is the vent?

• A spray of lava.

• The main part of the volcano, cone shaped.

• An opening at the surface where volcanic eruptions occur.

• A pipe-shaped passageway that the magma flows along.

The Ring of Fire holds around _______ % of the worlds volcanoes.

• 75

• 50

• 90

• 40

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The word for magma when it erupts onto the Earth's surface.

• Ash

• Lava flow

• Lava dome

• Lava

Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.

• True
• False

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When an explosive eruption forms a mixture of hot gases, rock, and tephra, flowing at high speeds down a volcano, we call it a....

• Land slide

• Lava

• Eruption trail

• Pyroclastic flow

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A volcano that has erupted within the past 10,000 years is considered to be...

• Explosive

• Active

• Dormant

• Inactive

This volcano is called a ....

• Shield

• Stratovolcano

• Caldera

• Cinder Cone

What process causes volcanos to form?

• Climate change

• Tectonic plates moving

• Tornadoes

• Humans

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Pyroclastic material ejected during an eruption is called...

• Tephra

• Molten rock

• Laze plume

• Volcanic smog

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The Ring of Fire is also called.....

• The Earthquake Epicenter

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Circum Pacific Belt

• Center of the Earth

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