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WorksheetsVolcanic activity
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
Where can you find the convection (magma) currents?
inner core
outer core
asthenosphere
solid upper mantle
The material of shield volcanoes is ...
basalt
andesite
dolomit
limestone
Choose the basalt volcanoes.
Mauna Loa (Hawaii)
Mount St. Helens
Etna
Volcanoes of Iceland
Choose the characteristics of basalt volcanism.
Explosions are typical here.
Basaltic volcanoes are very steep.
Basalt originates from the mantle.
It is typical at divergent plate bounderies.
Choose the characteristics of andesite volcanism.
Huge explosions can happen.
Volcanoes are very steep.
Shield volcanoes are made up of andesite.
It is typical at convergent plates.
Which term is it? The main tube or pathway for the magma to reach the surface.
crater
caldera
magma chamber
conduit or main vent
Hardened ash into a rock is called ...
tuff
magma
lava
debris
The rock type of basalt is ...
clastic sedimentary
metamorphic
effusive igneous
plutonic igneous
Andesite tuff is .... rock
metamorphic
effusive igneous
plutonic igneous
volcaniclastic
Granite is .... rock.
sedimentary
plutonic or intrusive igneous
effusive igneous
clastic
