Pop Quiz: Lesson 4: Volcanoes and Earth's Surface

A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface.

• volcano

• hot spot

• earthquake

• lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.

• lava

• magma

• hot spot

• volcano

Liquid magma that reaches the surface.

• magma

• hot spot

• lava

• volcano

An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it.

• volcano

• lava

• magma

• hot spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active and unlikely to erupt again.

• hot spot

• extinct

• dormant

• active

A term used to describe a volcano that is not currently active but is able to become active in the future.

• dormant

• extinct

• hot spot

• volcano

Most volcanoes are found at convergent and divergent plate boundaries.

• True

• False

The name of scientists that study volcanoes.

• scientists

• volcanologists

• magmologists

• lavologists

The islands of Hawaii were created from a hot spot.

• True

• False

Volcanoes form at this boundary can be seen because they are mostly at the place where continent and ocean meet.

• Volcanoes at the divergent boundaries

• Volcanoes at the convergent boundaries

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1