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WorksheetsIdentifying Volcanoes
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
Cinder Cone
b)
Composite
c)
Shield
d)
Neither
2.
a)
Cinder Cone
b)
Shield
c)
Composite
d)
Neither
3.
a)
Cinder Cone
b)
Shield
c)
Composite
d)
Neither
4.
a)
Cinder Cone
b)
Shield
c)
Composite
d)
Neither
5.
Which type of lava is associated with Composite Volcanoes?
a)
Mafic
b)
Felsic
c)
Intermediate
d)
Neither
6.
Which type of lava is associated with shield volcanoes?
a)
Mafic
b)
Felsic
c)
Intermediate
d)
Neither
7.
All of these are positives of a volcano except which one?
a)
Release healthy gases
b)
Volcanic ash fertilizes the land
c)
Tourism
d)
Eruptions impact global climate
8.
Yellowstone is an example of what type of volcano?
a)
Caldera
b)
Shield
c)
Composite
d)
Cinder Cone
9.
When two plates collide it is known as
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
10.
When two plates separate it is known as
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transfrom
11.
When two plates slip past each other it is known as
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Transfrom
12.
Associated with transform boundaries.
a)
Volcanoes
b)
mountains
c)
trenches
d)
earthquakes
13.
Created by a divergent boundary.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mariana Trench
c)
Mid Atlantic ridge
14.
5. This image is of....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Transform Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
15.
4. This image is of...
a)
Transform Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Divergent Boundary
16.
What special force is found in the asthenosphere?
a)
Wind
b)
Convection currents
c)
Tides
d)
Lava
17.
Sea floor spreading happens at what type of boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Transform
d)
Mountainous
18.
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
a)
Divergent
b)
Convergent
c)
Reform
d)
Transform
19.
Fossils, landforms, glaciers, and puzzle were all evidence of-
a)
big bang theory
b)
tectonic plate theory
c)
sea floor spreading theory
d)
volcanic theory
20.
What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?
a)
Supreme Continent
b)
Eurasia
c)
Plate tectonics
d)
Pangea
21.
The more viscous the magma, the slower it moves
a)
True
b)
False
22.
Which fault forms from compression forces?
a)
Normal Faults
b)
Reverse Faults
c)
Strike Slip Faults
d)
Transform Fault
23.
A normal fault forms from what kind of forces?
a)
Compression
b)
Tension
c)
Shear Stress
d)
Deformation
24.
In which fault do fault blocks move past each other horizontally?
a)
Normal fault
b)
Reverse fault
c)
Strike Slip Fault
25.
Hawaii sits atop a
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Hot Spot
26.
Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....
a)
Silica
b)
Rock
c)
lava
27.
How thick something is or the ability of a fluid or liquid to flow is its
a)
viscosity
b)
density
c)
velocity
d)
flowability
28.
What do you call a large crater formed by the collapse of a volcano?
a)
Caldera
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Composite Volcano
d)
Shield Volcano
29.
What factor(s) determine(s) whether an eruption will be explosive?
a)
The amount of gases in the magma
b)
The amount of silica in the magma
c)
The amount of gas and silica in the magma
d)
None of these affect the explosiveness of the volcano
30.
A low silica volcano makes what type of explosion
a)
quiet eruption
b)
explosive eruption
31.
A high silica volcano makes what type of an explosive?
a)
quiet eruption
b)
explosive eruption
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