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WorksheetsVolcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the origin of magma?
a)
Pressure
b)
Oceans
c)
Prairies
d)
Disneyland
2.
Please name a type of volcano
a)
hot spot
b)
cinder cone
c)
lacolith
d)
dike
3.
Most volcanoes form along divergent and __________ plate boundaries.
a)
lower
b)
decreasing
c)
convergent
d)
huge
4.
Why does magma come to the surface?
a)
cold air
b)
water content
c)
stale air
d)
light
5.
The number of years most hot spots have lasted.
a)
hundreds of years
b)
2 weeks
c)
thousands of years
d)
millions of years
6.
What is the Ring of Fire?
a)
A Willie Nelson song
b)
A long belt of volcanoes that circles the Pacific Ocean
c)
pangea
7.
____________ is a resistance to flow.
a)
vent
b)
eruption
c)
chi
d)
viscosity
8.
During a volcanic eruption, particles called ____________ are ejected.
a)
emojis
b)
calderas
c)
tiles
d)
pyroclastic materials
9.
True or False? Magma forms when solid rock in the crust and upper mantle partially melts.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Please name another type of volcano
a)
Shield Volcano
b)
Big Volcano
c)
Really Big Volcano
d)
Mushroom Volcano
11.
True or False? Cinder cones are the most dangerous volcanoes
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Rock that remains when the surrounding cone has been eroded is called the ___________________.
a)
Turkey neck
b)
Caldera
c)
Volcanic Neck
d)
Laccolith
13.
Depression formed by the collapse of the top of a volcano is called a ____________________.
a)
Caldera
b)
Dimple
c)
Dike
d)
Sill
14.
The component of your LAD where you write what you learned for the day is called the ___________ page.
a)
Last
b)
Green
c)
Reflection
d)
Sunrise
15.
A third type of volcano is called a _________ ____________ volcano.
a)
Depression Cone
b)
Composite Cone
c)
False Cone
d)
Ice-cream Cone
16.
Where was Mr. V born?
a)
Manila Philippines
b)
Tuscaloosa Alabama
c)
Lincoln Illinois
d)
Chinle Arizona
17.
What is Mr. V's "Golden Rule"?
a)
Laugh often
b)
Keep your hands to yourself
c)
If you sneeze, cover your mouth
d)
If Mr. V is talking, you should be listening and not talking.
18.
Mt. Mayon is currently erupting. Where is the volcano located?
a)
Valparaiso Indiana
b)
Dwight Texas
c)
Philippine Islands
d)
Hawaii
19.
Besides pyroclastic materials, what else is ejected when volcanoes erupt?
a)
Gases
b)
Cold air
c)
Meatballs
d)
Tennis balls
20.
What is a hot spot?
a)
Something located in Phoenix Arizona.
b)
A small volcanic region that forms above a mantle plume.
c)
An erupting volcano.
d)
A good place to eat.
21.
Where do most volcanoes form?
a)
Along divergent and convergent plate boundaries
b)
In the middle of a dessert.
c)
In Yellowstone National Park.
d)
In cold climates.
22.
Intraplate Volcanism occurs within a__________
a)
hole
b)
plate
c)
ridge
d)
dessert
23.
Why are some volcanoes explosive?
a)
trapped gases
b)
stored dynamite
c)
due to the viscocity
d)
due to cold temperatures
24.
The pace of the flow of lava is determined by the ______________.
a)
density of the air
b)
fitness of the person running
c)
caldera
d)
viscocity
25.
some volcanoes form far from plate boundaries above _____ ________ in the crust.
a)
hot spots
b)
vent holes
c)
tubular bells
d)
decompression levels
26.
A volcano that may erupt again at some time in the distant future is ___________.
a)
active
b)
dormant
c)
explosive
d)
extinct
27.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
volcano
b)
crystal
c)
magma
d)
lava
28.
Volcanoes are found...a) on landb) under waterc) on islandsd) all of the above
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
29.
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur...a) along the coastb) along tectonic plate boundariesc) in the Arcticd) in the ocean
a)
in the arctic
b)
along tectonic plate boundaries
c)
in the ocean
d)
along the coast
30.
Lines of longitude define how far east or west a location is from the Prime Meridian. True or False?
a)
true
b)
false
31.
True or False: A batholith is the largest intrusive igneous body
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Structures that result from the cooling and hardening of magma beneath earth's surface are called___________.
a)
preexisting rocks
b)
plutons
c)
neutrons
d)
common rocks
33.
True or False: A dike is a pluton that cuts across the preexisting rocks.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
A lens shaped mass that is similar to a sil is called a __________________.
a)
batholith
b)
lacolith
c)
dike
d)
sil
35.
Pluton formed parallel with sedimentary rocks, commonly horizontal is called a _____.
a)
dike
b)
pluton
c)
sil
d)
igneous body
36.
One characteristic used to classify intrusive igneous bodies is_______.
a)
shape
b)
color
c)
taste
d)
look
37.
A________is an opening to the earth's surface.
a)
sil
b)
vent
c)
crater
d)
plate
38.
Repeated eruptions of lava or pyroclastic material eventually build a mountain called a __________________.
a)
volcano
b)
hot spot
c)
hillside
d)
convergent plate
39.
_____________ is a substance's resistance to flow.
a)
magma
b)
volcanism
c)
viscocity
d)
dissolved gasses
40.
A_____________ is a depression in a volcanic mountain.
a)
caldera
b)
volcanic neck
c)
pressure
d)
crater
41.
The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called
a)
calderas
b)
lacoliths
c)
pyroclastic materials
d)
diamonds
42.
Who was the first person to propose a heliocentric model of the universe?
a)
Archimedes
b)
Galileo
c)
Aristarchus
d)
Leonardo
43.
Rocks record geological events and
a)
life forms of the present
b)
life forms of the past
c)
astronomical milestones of the past
d)
life forms of the future
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