WorksheetsY3 Volcanoes End of Topic Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where is Mount Vesuvius located?
Washington, USA
Pompeii, Italy
Catania, Sicily
Naples, Italy
What is an eruption?
Hot, molten or semi-fluid rock
An explosion of steam or lava from an earthquake
An active volcano
An explosion of steam or lava from a volcano
When did Mount Vesuvius erupt?
24th August, 79 AD
24th September 1979 AD
24th August 79 BC
24th August 1979
What is a tectonic plate?
Moving rock inside the Earth
Something you can eat your dinner on
A huge slab of moving rock covering the Earth's outer shell
A line on a map
What is a dormant volcano?
A volcano that is currently erupting
A volcano that has not erupted in the past 10,000 years
A volcano that sometimes erupts
A very dangerous volcano
Why were the bodies of the people of Pompeii preserved?
They were covered in layers of ash which hardened into rock over time and preserved them
They were frozen
They were covered by lava from the volcano
They were wrapped up in cloth and preserved
What is the powerful gas, ash and dust that destroyed Pompeii called?
Plastic Flow
Pirate Flow
Pyroclastic Flow
Pyrex Flow
Where can volcanoes often be found?
On tectonic plate boundaries
Far away from tectonic plates
What is lava?
Cold, hard rock
White rock found underground
Cold rock with a crusty outer shell
Hot, molten or semi-fluid rock
What is the correct term for this?
A volcanic eruption
An explosion
An earthquake
A tsunami
Which of these is NOT a tectonic plate
Pacific Plate
Eurasian Plate
African Plate
Eurovision Plate
What is the name of the famous volcano that erupted in Washington USA in 1980?
Mount Etna
Mount St Helens
Mount St Heather
Mount Vesuvius
What three things does a map need to include?
A date
A key
A compass (N,S,E,W)
Symbols
Where does magma come from?
Underneath the Earth's crust
On the sea bed
On top of a volcano
Inside rocks
What is the centre of the Earth called?
The Earth's Cylinder
The Earth's Cone
The Earth's Core
In which historical period did Pompeii first erupt in 79 AD?
The Roman period
The Celtic period
The Victorian period
The Egyptian period
