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WorksheetsTBSHS Y8 The Restless Earth Quiz 3 - Volcanoes
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 15mins
Two plates spread or move apart at which type of plate boundary?
Destructive
Constructive
Conservative
A destructive plate boundary in the ocean creates which landform?
Mid-ocean ridge
Rift valley
Deep ocean trench
Subduction zone
What is a volcano?
A mountain that has lava all over it
A giant hill filled with magma
A long high sea wave
A hole in the Earth where magma erupts
Volcanoes are found...
Choose the statements that are hazards associated with volcanoes
Pyroclastic flow
Gases such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide
Mudflow
Hurricanes
Lava cools and hardens to form which type of rock?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
The most dangerous kind of lava is...
Runny and gassy
Viscous and gassy
Runny and little gas
Viscous and little gas
Eruptions can do lots of damage. Choose the TWO correct statements.
Lava flows can cause planes to crash
Mudflows can drown people
Mudflows can cause temperatures around the world to fall
A pyroclastic flow scorches and smothers everything in its path
Pyroclastic flows....
Travel at 100 km/hour. They sweep everything along. People drown in mud.
Travel at up to 200 km/hour. They scorch and smother everything in their path.
Block out the sun leading to temperatures falling around the world.
Can be avoided by walking out of the way.
Choose the correct statements.
Ash from an eruption...
can cause earthquakes.
can be heavy enough to make roofs collapse
can ruin crops.
gets everywhere - in your eyes, your hair, your lungs.
