Worksheets2b Mystery Sci (The Birth of Rocks) - Week 2
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 28mins
Describe the lava from a CINDER CONE VOLCANO.
Erupts SMOOTH and RUNNY lava
Explodes and erupts THICK,PASTY LAVA and CHUNKS OF CINDER
ALTERNATELY erupts smooth/runny lava and explodes thick/pasty lava with cinder chunks
Is this a picture of a SHIELD, CINDER CONE, or COMPOSITE volcano?
Shield Volcano
Composite Volcano
Cinder Cone Volcano
Is MAGMA above the ground or underground?
ABOVE the ground
UNDER the ground
Is LAVA above the ground or underground?
ABOVE the ground
UNDER the ground
Is this a picture of a SHIELD, CINDER CONE, or COMPOSITE volcano?
Shield Volcano
Composite Volcano
Cinder Cone Volcano
Describe the lava from a COMPOSITE VOLCANO.
Erupts SMOOTH and RUNNY lava
Explodes and erupts THICK,PASTY LAVA and CHUNKS OF CINDER
ALTERNATELY erupts smooth/runny lava and explodes thick/pasty lava with cinder chunks
Is this a picture of a SHIELD, CINDER CONE, or COMPOSITE volcano?
Shield Volcano
Composite Volcano
Cinder Cone Volcano
Describe the lava from a SHIELD VOLCANO.
Erupts SMOOTH and RUNNY lava
Explodes and erupts THICK,PASTY LAVA and CHUNKS OF CINDER
ALTERNATELY erupts smooth/runny lava and explodes thick/pasty lava with cinder chunks
What kind of rock is this, BASALT or FELSITE?
Basalt
Felsite
What kind of rock is this, BASALT or FELSITE?
Basalt
Felsite
Which type of rock comes from CONE SHAPED volcanoes that EXPLODE, BASALT or FELSITE?
Basalt
Felsite
Which type of rock comes from SHIELD SHAPED volcanoes that DO NOT EXPLODE, BASALT or FELSITE?
Basalt
Felsite
Why do some volcanoes explode?
THICK LAVA traps gas bubbles until the pressure builds up and explodes.
THIN LAVA traps gas bubbles until the pressure builds up and explodes.
Gas bubbles easily flow through THICK LAVA and escape.
Gas bubbles easily flow through THIN LAVA and escape.
A volcano that is CURRENTLY erupting, or HAS ERUPTED at least once in the last 10,000 years is:
An ACTIVE volcano
A DORMANT volcano
An EXTINCT volcano
A volcano that HASN'T erupted in the past 10,000 years and is NOT EXPECTED to ever erupt again is:
An ACTIVE volcano
A DORMANT volcano
An EXTINCT volcano
A volcano that is “SLEEPING” but COULD ERUPT in the future is:
An ACTIVE volcano
A DORMANT volcano
An EXTINCT volcano
Most of the Earth's volcanoes form a horseshoe shape around the Pacific Ocean called the:
Ring of Fire
Circle of Fire
Ring of Volcanoes
Circle of Volcanoes
