
Volcanoes Quiz
Authored by Miles Johnson
Science
8th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term best matches the definition: molten rock stored beneath Earth’s surface?
Lava
Magma
Eruption
Hot Spot
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which process is described as one tectonic plate moving under another?
Faulting
Divergence
Subduction
Eruption
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the correct term for molten rock that has reached Earth’s surface?
Subduction
Lava
Magma
Convection
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which term describes when magma, gases, and ash are released from a volcano?
Compression
Eruption
Convection
Intrusion
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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
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