Erupting Europe

Match the following countries to their capital cities:

• Madrid

• France

• London

• England

• Paris

• Spain

• Reykjavik

• Italy

• Rome

• Iceland

Can you correctly label the Earth's structure?

a

b

c

d

Mantle

Crust

Magma

Inner core

Outer core

Vent

A peninsula is a ​ (a)   piece of ​ (b)   which sticks out from a ​ (c)   piece of land and is almost ​ (d)   covered with ​ (e)   .

• narrow
• land
• larger
• completely
• water
• grass
• mountains
• wide
• smaller

Can you name this continent?

Sort some common features of Italy to a different geographical area:

Groups:

(a) Italian

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(b) Not Italian

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a

b

hook

bridge

claw

grab

Match number to the correct label:

• ash cloud

• 4

• lava

• 5

• conduit

• 3

• magma chamber

• 2

• vent

• 1

Some localities have more ​ (a)   than other because they are ​ (b)   around ​ (c)   ​ (d)   .

• volcanoes
• positioned
• tectonic plate
• boundaries

Match the mountain to its formation:

• Fault-Line Mountain

• As two plates push towards each other they buckle and the crust pushes upwards.

• Dome Mountains

• A great amount of magma pushes its way up forcing the overlapping rock in the Earth's crust to bulge up.

• Fold Mountain

• When two plates move towards each other, the crust cracks along the lines of weakness, these blocks are then pushed upwards.