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The Auckland Volcanic Field

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roughly how many volcanoes are there in Auckland?

a)

40

b)

30

c)

50

d)

60

2.

What is a maar?

a)

a low lying volcanic crater

b)

a volcanic crater made of scoria

c)

a volcano that only erupts once every 500 years

d)

a very tall and round volcanic crater

3.

Which of these is NOT a common volcanic feature found in Auckland?

a)

maar

b)

phreatomagmatic eruption

c)

scoria cone

d)

tuff ring

4.

What do we call a volcanic eruption that comes into contact with water?

a)

volcanic eruption

b)

steam eruption

c)

phreatomagmatic eruption

d)

water eruption

5.

Which of these Auckland volcanoes did we NOT visit on our trip?

a)

Rangitoto

b)

Puhinui Craters

c)

Mangere Mountain

d)

Maungakiekie

6.

What type of volcano is Mangere mountain?

a)

scoria cone

b)

maar

c)

tuff ring

d)

tuff ring and maar

7.

What does scoria look like?

a)

red

b)

red, with lots of holes from escaped gases

c)

black and solid

d)

black, with lots of holes from escaped gases

8.

A ___________ lies beneath Auckland, creating the volcanic activity that has formed this city.

a)

hotspot

b)

magma chamber

c)

tectonic plate

9.

Natural and cultural features are the same

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Changes made to volcanoes by people are a part of external processes.

a)

True

b)

Fasle

11.

Tuff is made from solidified magma and ash after a volcanic eruption.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

How old is Te Pane o Mataoho?

a)

50,000 years

b)

20,000 years

c)

70,000 years

d)

30,000 years

13.

Circle the tuff ring in this image of the Pond Crater

14.

How many craters are there at Puhinui Craters?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

What is the name of the feature inside the main crater of Mangere Mountain?

(a)  

16.

What type of volcano is Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill)?

(a)  

17.

How long did Te Waiohua live on Te Pane o Mataoho?

a)

800 years

b)

400 years

c)

600 years

d)

900 years

18.

What external process shaped Puhinui Craters?

a)

human modification

b)

aeolian erosion

c)

fluvial erosion

d)

quarrying

19.

What exists on Mangere mountain where the crater wall was breached by lava flow during the eruption?

a)

Soccer fields

b)

A Church

c)

A playground

d)

The Tholoid

20.

How deep is the hotspot beneath Auckland?

a)

50 km

b)

100 km

c)

200 km

d)

300 km

21.

What was the second step in the eruption of Mangere Mountain?

a)

ash and debris building up the tuff ring

b)

rising magma in the mantle from convection currents

c)

pyroclastic flow

d)

fire fountaining

22.

Auckland's volcanic field is monogenetic (meaning the volcanoes only erupt once)

a)

True

b)

False

23.

How old is Maungakiekie?

a)

30,000 years old

b)

28,500 years old

c)

35,000 years old

d)

26,500 years old

24.

How tall is Maungakiekie?

a)

106 masl

b)

160 masl

c)

173 masl

d)

184 masl