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Volcanoes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Volcano?

a)

A disaster type

b)

mountain/hill full of volcanic ash, and lava

c)

all of the above

2.

What forms volcanoes?

a)

tectonic plates

b)

seismic waves

c)

electromagnetic waves

3.

What is inside of a volcano?

a)

magma

b)

lava

c)

ash

d)

hot water

4.

What is a stratovolcano?

a)

a volcano built up of lava and ash

b)

a small volcano

c)

a very large volcano

5.

What is the most famous stratovolcano?

a)

Mount Vesuvius

b)

Mount Kilauea

c)

Mount St. Helens

d)

Mauna Loa

6.

Hot lava that has hardened forms ___________________.

a)

volcanoes

b)

mountains

c)

hills

7.

Magma and Lava can get up to about __________ degrees fahrenheit.

a)

1,165

b)

2,000

c)

35,000

d)

3,250

8.

How long is the Mid-Ocean ridge?

a)

478,239 feet

b)

56,437 miles

c)

30,000 miles

d)

8,432 feet

9.

How many feet above the ocean floor does the Mid-Ocean ridge rise?

a)

4,500 miles

b)

36,000 miles

c)

42,000 feet

d)

18,000 feet

10.

What causes the magma to rise?

a)

low pressure and high density

b)

low density and high pressure

c)

low density and low pressure

d)

high pressure and high density