Y3 Volcanoes End of Topic Quiz

Where is Mount Vesuvius located?

• Washington, USA

• Pompeii, Italy

• Catania, Sicily

• Naples, Italy

What is an eruption?

• Hot, molten or semi-fluid rock

• An explosion of steam or lava from an earthquake

• An active volcano

• An explosion of steam or lava from a volcano

When did Mount Vesuvius erupt?

• 24th August, 79 AD

• 24th September 1979 AD

• 24th August 79 BC

• 24th August 1979

What is a tectonic plate?

• Moving rock inside the Earth

• Something you can eat your dinner on

• A huge slab of moving rock covering the Earth's outer shell

• A line on a map

What is a dormant volcano?

• A volcano that is currently erupting

• A volcano that has not erupted in the past 10,000 years

• A volcano that sometimes erupts

• A very dangerous volcano

Why were the bodies of the people of Pompeii preserved?

• They were covered in layers of ash which hardened into rock over time and preserved them

• They were frozen

• They were covered by lava from the volcano

• They were wrapped up in cloth and preserved

What is the powerful gas, ash and dust that destroyed Pompeii called?

• Plastic Flow

• Pirate Flow

• Pyroclastic Flow

• Pyrex Flow

Where can volcanoes often be found?

• On tectonic plate boundaries

• Far away from tectonic plates

What is lava?

• Cold, hard rock

• White rock found underground

• Cold rock with a crusty outer shell

• Hot, molten or semi-fluid rock

What is the correct term for this?

• A volcanic eruption

• An explosion

• An earthquake

• A tsunami