Volcanoes Quiz

Which term best matches the definition: molten rock stored beneath Earth’s surface?

• Lava

• Magma

• Eruption

• Hot Spot

What is an extinct volcano?

• A volcano that is sleeping but may erupt again soon

• A volcano that has erupted in the last hundred years

• A volcano that will erupt again in the future

• A volcano that has not erupted in a very long time and is not expected to erupt again

Which process is described as one tectonic plate moving under another?

• Faulting

• Divergence

• Subduction

• Eruption

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A region deep within Earth where magma rises through the crust to form volcanoes is called a:

• Rift valley

• Hot Spot

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Trench

What is the correct term for molten rock that has reached Earth’s surface?

• Subduction

• Lava

• Magma

• Convection

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Which term describes when magma, gases, and ash are released from a volcano?

• Compression

• Eruption

• Convection

• Intrusion

At convergent boundaries where an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, what usually happens to the oceanic plate?

• Rises above the continental plate

• Slides next to the continental plate

• Sinks beneath the continental plate

• Stays in place

What is an active volcano?

• A volcano that has not erupted in millions of years

• A volcano that is currently erupting or shows signs it might erupt soon

• A volcano that will never erupt again

• A volcano that only erupts underwater

What happens to the oceanic crust as it sinks deeper into the mantle at a subduction zone?

• It cools and becomes solid

• It melts and forms magma

• It turns into new seafloor

• It disappears completely

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At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates:

• Move toward each other

• Slide past each other

• Pull away from each other

• Stay in place