Volcano Video Lesson and Quiz

Match the 3 types of volcanoes.

a

b

c

Composite Volcano

Cinder Volcano

Shield Volcano

If the volcano is blowing it's top and lava is coming out, the volcano is?

• Active

• Dormant

• Extinct

• Magma

What type of volcano is this?

• Composite

• Cinder Cone

• Shield

• Caldera

What type of volcano is this?

• Shield

• Cinder Cone

• Caldera

• Composite (strato)

The area shown in the map represents:

• the regions of Earth where new seafloor forms

• the boundary where scientists believe Atlantis was once located

• a large subduction zone where most of Earth’s volcanoes occur

• the locations where geologists have found Glossopteris fossils from the Mesozoic Era

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The map shows the locations of the Hawaiian Islands with their approximate age in millions of years. What accounts for the aging of the islands towards the northwest?

• Divergence of oceanic lithosphere near the Mid Ocean Ridge

• Subduction of an oceanic plate beneath a continental plate

• Deposition of biogenous sediments by cold ocean currents

• Movement of a lithospheric plate over a mantle hot spot

Which letter represents the region most likely to experience tectonic activity?

• W

• Y

• Z

The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce:

• Fossil layers

• Deep sea sedimen

• Volcanic islands

• Rift valleys