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Volcanoes Week 2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Can the volcanic rock Pumice Stone, float on water

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What causes the 'bubbles' in Pumice Stone?

a)

Air trapped in the lave

b)

Cool gases running through the lava while it is hot

c)

Hot gases moving through the lava as it cools

d)

Going over bumps as the lava flows down the side of the volcano

3.

which is hottest...

a)

Bright red lava

b)

Bright orange lava

4.

What can underwater eruptions create?

a)

Ash clouds

b)

New land masses

c)

Water to spurt up

d)

Thunder

5.

Scientists think that the volcanoes on the Earth's moon are ...

a)

Active

b)

Dormant

c)

Extinct

6.

The tallest volcano on Earth is actually taller than the talles mountain?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The largest volcanic eruption in human history was in...

a)

1915

b)

1819

c)

1815

d)

1518

8.

The approximate fastest speed that lava flows is ...

a)

300 kmph

b)

3 kmph

c)

100 kmph

d)

30 kmph

9.

What is a conduit?

a)

A reservoir where magma is stored

b)

An underground passage that magma travels through

c)

Where Magma erupts out of the volcano

d)

The pathway lava leaves as it travels down the volcano

10.

The mouth of a volcano that surrounds the vent is called?

a)

Crater

b)

Throat

c)

Conduit

d)

Reservoir

11.

Which city did Mount Vesuvius, in Italy, famously bury when it erupted in 79AD?

a)

Florence

b)

Rome

c)

Napels

d)

Pompeii