Volcanoes- 3rd Grade

Melted rock INSIDE the Earth is called

• magma

• lava

• ash

• molten

When magma flows OUT of the volcano it is called

• magma

• ash

• erupt

• lava

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How can volcanic ash help the environment?

• It can be recyled.

• Mineral in the ash can help plants grow.

• the wind carries ash.

• Animals can eat the minerals in the ash.

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Volcanic eruptions can form new land.

• True

• False

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Volcanoes that have not erupted for thousands off years and will likely never erupt again are considered _____________.

• active

• asleep

• dormant

• extinct

Volcanoes that have erupted recently, are currently erupting, or are likely to erupt in the future are considered _____________.

• dormant

• sleeping

• active

• extinct

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Most volcanoes are underwater.

• True

• False

Scientists who study volcanoes are called

• volcanologists

• eruptologists

• ashologists

• lavaologists

Volcanoes erupt when __________ beneath the Earth's surface builds.

• lava

• magma

• ash

• pressure

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Most volcanoes can be found along the

• Ring of Fire

• coast of Texas

• side of the road

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