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Vocabulary about Volcanoes

Authored by Veronica Ratna

English, Geography

4th - 6th Grade

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Vocabulary about Volcanoes
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A volcano is ...

a large storm with very high speed winds.

a large cloud that generates rain, hail, and lightning

an opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface.

a violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The molten hot liquid rock while it is still below the Earth's surface is called ....

lava

magma

igneous rock

Ring of Fire

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The molten hot liquid rock once it erupts to the Earth's surface is called ....

lava

magma

igneous rock

Ring of Fire

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A dormant volcano is ...

a volcano that has not erupted in a long time, but may erupt again.

a volcano that has erupted in recent history.

a volcano that scientists believe will never erupt again.

a volcano that is currently erupting.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of rocks are formed when lava from a volcano cools?

rock

igneous rock

magma

lava

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What type of volcano forms from wide thin layers of lava?

composite volcano

shield volcano

cinder cone

lava dome

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which volcano buried the ancient town of Pompeii in Italy?

Mount Etna

Mount Merapi

Mount Vesuvius

Mount Everest

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