Chapter 4 CKLA Unit 5 Grade 4 Geology

What is the name of the largest tectonic plate?

• Atlantic Plate
• Indian Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate

What is the tallest active volcano in the world?

• Mount Vesuvius
• Mount Fuji
• Mauna Loa
• Kilauea

What is the creative force of volcanic eruptions?

• They can add new land to the planet.
• They can only bring minerals to the surface.
• They have no creative force.
• They can only change the weather.

What happens when lava cools and hardens?

• It becomes water
• It turns into volcanic rock
• It turns into sand
• It disappears

What is the name of the largest tectonic plate?

• Atlantic Plate
• Indian Plate
• Pacific Plate
• Eurasian Plate

What is the name of the volcano that caused the year without a summer in 1816?

• Mount Fuji
• Kilauea
• Tambora
• Mount Vesuvius

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Where are volcanoes most likely to form?

• A. In deserts

• B. Over hotspots

• B and D
• D. Along the boundaries of tectonic plates

What is a hotspot?

• A volcano that is erupting
• A very hot region in the middle of the mantle
• It is anywhere you find magma
• It is lava that has cooled and hardened

What is the potential danger of volcanic eruptions?

• A. They can flatten entire forests.

• B. They can fill the air with poisonous gasses and hot, choking ash.

• A and B

• D. They have no potential danger.

What is a volcano?

• A type of mountain with snow
• A large hole in the earth that stores water
• A cloud formation in the sky
• A hill or mountain that forms over a crack in Earth’s crust from which lava erupts