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In Depth Volcano Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following (one or more) are examples of cooled rock?

a)

Magma chamer

b)

Sill

c)

Dike

d)

Vein

e)

Laccolith

2.

What is your favorite type of volcano?

a)

Composite

b)

Cindercone

c)

Shield

3.

Mount St. Helens is an example of a (a)   volcano. (Choose which type of volcano.) use lowercase

4.

What is it called when magma is squeezed into narrow horizontal spaces?

a)

Dike

b)

Sill

c)

Laccolith

d)

Vent

e)

Batholith

5.

Lava comes out of the _____ .

a)

Vent

b)

Crater

c)

Caldera

d)

Volcano pipe

6.

Which of the following are signs of an eruption? Check all that you think are correct.

a)

Bulges on the volcano

b)

A caldera has just formed

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Gases coming out of the volcano

7.

Cindercones are made of the rock (a)   .

8.

What type of magma do shield volcanoes have?

a)

basaltic

b)

granatic

c)

Ryholitic

d)

andesitic

9.

True or false cinder cones have lava flows.

a)

false

b)

true

10.

Composite volcanoes have _______ or _________ magma types. (separate answers with commas) lowercase (ex. volcano, caldera)

(a)  

11.

Which of the following make a volcano more explosive? Check off all.

a)

less dissolved gas

b)

more silica

c)

Less silica

d)

More dissolved gas

e)

taller volcano

12.

What does viscosity mean?

a)

explosiveness

b)

slower cooling magma

c)

faster cooling magma

d)

resistance to flow

13.

What eruption type involves a pyroclastic flow?

a)

Strombolian

b)

Vulcanian

c)

Pelean

d)

Hawaiian

14.

What is the most gentle eruption type?

a)

Hawaiian

b)

Pelean

c)

Strombolian

d)

Vulcanian

15.

Why don’t composite volcanoes wear away as fast as cindercones?

a)

They have had a longer time to grow.

b)

The hardened lava keeps them from eroding.

c)

They release more ash which means more will pile up and harden.

d)

They grow where there are already mountains.

16.

True or False: Shield volcanoes are steep.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

A dike is rock that is squeezed into a (a)   space.

18.

True or false: laccoliths move the rock layers above them.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Where are the majority of Earth’s volcanoes?

a)

Countryside

b)

Hotspots

c)

The Rockies

d)

Plate boundaries

20.

Where is the ring of fire?

a)

The area around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

b)

South America and Africa

c)

Around Pacific Ocean

d)

Europe and Asia

21.

Review of IGNEOUS rocks. Which are igneous?

a)

Granite, basalt, andesite, porphyry, pumice

b)

Limestone, sandstone, shale, chert, coal

c)

Slate, Gneiss, schist, quartzite

22.

What are the two types of igneous rocks?

a)

Clastic nonclastic

b)

Intrusive extrusive

c)

Foliated nonfoliated