WorksheetsMountains and Volcanoes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the mountains that form as blocks of rock move up or down along normal faults.
a)
Folded Mountains
b)
Fault-Block Mountains
c)
Shield Mountains
d)
Mole-hill Mountain
2.
What do earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building have in common?
a)
They occur suddenly.
b)
They are measured by seismographs.
c)
They result from plate motion.
d)
They cause major disasters.
3.
Which of these is NOT a type of volcano?
a)
Shield
b)
Super
c)
Composite
d)
Cinder
4.
Where are most volcanoes located?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Africa
c)
Japan
d)
Ring of Fire
5.
What is liquid rock called within the Earth's surface?
a)
core
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
volcanic ash
6.
What type of volcano is built almost entirely from ejected lava fragments?
a)
cinder cone
b)
composite cone
c)
shield volcano
d)
pahoehoe volcano
7.
What is liquid rock that spills on to the Earth's surface?
a)
core
b)
lava
c)
magma
d)
volcano
8.
What are places in the interior of plates where volcanoes occur?
a)
effusive zones
b)
fault lines
c)
hot spots
d)
national parks
9.
What type of volcano is this..
a)
Shield
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite or Stratovolcano
10.
Which volcano is a wide, gently sloping mountain formed by thin layers or lava that pour out of a vent and harden on top of previous layers?
a)
cinder cone
b)
composite or stratovolcano
c)
shield
d)
dome mountain
11.
Volcanoes can be found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
12.
The Hawaiian Islands are made up of mostly ____ volcanoes.
a)
shield
b)
composite
c)
cinder cone
d)
magma
13.
What is the world's highest mountain range?
a)
Hundu Kush
b)
Himalaya
c)
Karakoram
d)
Pamirs
14.
How tall is Mount Everest?
a)
300,000 inches
b)
28,000 feet
c)
512 miles
d)
5.5 miles
15.
What is the reason that lower elevations have denser air than higher elevations?
a)
Gravity pulls the oxygen down
b)
There is more condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
It's actually the same
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