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WorksheetsIn Depth Volcano Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following (one or more) are examples of cooled rock?
Magma chamer
Sill
Dike
Vein
Laccolith
What is your favorite type of volcano?
Composite
Cindercone
Shield
Mount St. Helens is an example of a (a) volcano. (Choose which type of volcano.) use lowercase
What is it called when magma is squeezed into narrow horizontal spaces?
Dike
Sill
Laccolith
Vent
Batholith
Lava comes out of the _____ .
Vent
Crater
Caldera
Volcano pipe
Which of the following are signs of an eruption? Check all that you think are correct.
Bulges on the volcano
A caldera has just formed
Earthquakes
Gases coming out of the volcano
Cindercones are made of the rock (a) .
What type of magma do shield volcanoes have?
basaltic
granatic
Ryholitic
andesitic
True or false cinder cones have lava flows.
false
true
Composite volcanoes have _______ or _________ magma types. (separate answers with commas) lowercase (ex. volcano, caldera)
(a)
Which of the following make a volcano more explosive? Check off all.
less dissolved gas
more silica
Less silica
More dissolved gas
taller volcano
What does viscosity mean?
explosiveness
slower cooling magma
faster cooling magma
resistance to flow
What eruption type involves a pyroclastic flow?
Strombolian
Vulcanian
Pelean
Hawaiian
What is the most gentle eruption type?
Hawaiian
Pelean
Strombolian
Vulcanian
Why don’t composite volcanoes wear away as fast as cindercones?
They have had a longer time to grow.
The hardened lava keeps them from eroding.
They release more ash which means more will pile up and harden.
They grow where there are already mountains.
True or False: Shield volcanoes are steep.
true
false
A dike is rock that is squeezed into a (a) space.
True or false: laccoliths move the rock layers above them.
False
True
Where are the majority of Earth’s volcanoes?
Countryside
Hotspots
The Rockies
Plate boundaries
Where is the ring of fire?
The area around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
South America and Africa
Around Pacific Ocean
Europe and Asia
Review of IGNEOUS rocks. Which are igneous?
Granite, basalt, andesite, porphyry, pumice
Limestone, sandstone, shale, chert, coal
Slate, Gneiss, schist, quartzite
What are the two types of igneous rocks?
Clastic nonclastic
Intrusive extrusive
Foliated nonfoliated
