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Volcanoes

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many types of volcanoes are there?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

2

d)

1

2.

How can we classify volcanoes (2 correct answers)

a)

Composite volcano

b)

Lava volcano

c)

Scudish volcano

d)

Shield volcano

3.

What are the characteristics of a stratovolcano? (2 correct answers)

a)

Explosive eruption with lava flow

b)

Non explosive eruptions

c)

Built from pyroclastic material and lava

d)

Built from layers of lava

4.

What are the characteristics of shield volcanoes? (2 correct answers)

a)

Most common type

b)

Not very steep

c)

It is probably small

d)

Can be big

5.

Which of these is a stratovolcano?

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. Rainer

c)

Mauna kea

d)

Mt. Sydley

6.

Which of these is a shield volcano?

a)

Mt. Etna

b)

Mt. Urali

c)

Mauna Loa

d)

Stromboli

7.

What's the English for "camino vulcanico"

a)

Crater

b)

Pipe

c)

Vent

8.

Are there different types of lava?

a)

maybe

b)

No, there aren't

c)

Probably

d)

Yes, there are two types

9.

How is lava classified (2 correct answers)

a)

Viscosity lava

b)

Runny lava

c)

Fluidity lava

d)

Sticky lava

10.

The magma is made of: (2 correct answer)

a)

Silica and molten rocks

b)

Iron and Nickel

c)

Tin and copper

d)

Gases

11.

If a volcano often erupts, it is called:

a)

Hurt

b)

Alive

c)

a volcano which often erupts

d)

dead

12.

If a volcano hasn't erupted for at least 100,000 years, it's called

a)

Sleeping

b)

Active

c)

Extinct

d)

Monkey

13.

What's the Italian for "Sleeping"?

a)

Assonnato

b)

Che russa

c)

Dormiente

d)

Sonnambulo

14.

What are fumaroles?

a)

A crater through magma escapes

b)

The place where the magma is stored under a volcano

c)

Fractures through volcanic gases escapes

d)

A place where you can smoke

15.

Which of these volcanoes is located in Sicily?

a)

Mt. Amiata

b)

Mt. Vulture

c)

Panarea

d)

Vesuvius