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Chapter 1 review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What volcano resembles a hill and has a bowl-like crater?

a)

Shield

b)

Composite Cone

c)

Crater Cone

2.

A mixture of ash, cinder, and rock

a)

Debris flow

b)

Vog

c)

Tephra

d)

Ring of Fire

3.

All volcanoes are active

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which volcanoes have explosive eruptions?

a)

Shield volcano

b)

Composite Cone

c)

Cinder Cone

5.

Other than the Pacific Ocean, which is another common place volcanoes are found?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Australia

d)

Black Sea

6.

A volcano that is expected to erupt is

a)

Inactive

b)

Active

c)

Dormant

d)

Explosive

7.

Volcanos always have a side vent.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Lava is

a)

mud and rock fragments that surge down a mountain

b)

water heated by hot magma

c)

magma that breaks the earth's surfaces

9.

What could cause a volcanic eruption?

a)

Heated magma rising to the surface

b)

Acid rain

c)

Weather changes

d)

A hot spot

10.

Mount St. Helens is an example of what type of volcano?

a)

Cinder cone volcano

b)

Shield volcano

c)

Composite cone volcano

11.

Which volcano is a composite cone?

a)
b)
c)
12.

What are three ways to classify volcanoes?

a)

Shape, color, size

b)

How often they erupt, the type of eruption, size

c)

Shape, how often they erupt, the type of eruption

d)

Location, shape, eruption type

13.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
14.

What are cinders?

a)

Bits of ash and lava showered into the air

b)

Mixture of ash and rock

c)

Substance left after a fire

15.
Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

A composite cone is large, symmetrical, and cone shaped.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Select the characteristics of a cinder cone volcano.

a)

Resembles a hill

b)

Bowl-like crater

c)

One main vent

d)

Symmetrical

18.
Molten material that reaches the surface.
a)
Earthquake
b)
Tsunami
c)
Magma
d)
Lava
19.
What is the outermost layer of the Earth called?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
20.
What occurs when two plates move, bump or slide past each other?
a)
An Earthquake
b)
Nothing
c)
Movement
21.

Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?

a)

Mercalli Intensity Scale

b)

Richter Magnitude Scale

c)

Seismogram Shakey Scale

d)

Bernoulli Scale

22.

How does the Richter Magnitude Scale calculate its measurements?

a)

Eyewitnesses

b)

Amount of damage caused

c)

The amount of time the earthquake lasted

d)

The strength of the seismic waves recorded by a seismograph machine.

23.

Strike slip faults move by ____________________.

a)

pulling apart

b)

pushing together

c)

slipping past each other

24.

Reverse faults ______________________ at an angle.

a)

pull apart

b)

push together

c)

slip past each other

25.

Normal faults ______________________ at an angle.

a)

pull apart

b)

push together

c)

slip past each other

26.

The type of fault pictured is a

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike slip fault

d)

compression fault

27.

The type of fault pictured is a

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike slip fault

d)

compression fault

28.

The type of fault pictured is a

a)

normal fault

b)

reverse fault

c)

strike slip fault

d)

compression fault

29.

What causes earthquakes

a)

pressure from within the Earth's crust

b)

human activity

c)

volcanoes

d)

changes in temperature