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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is letter A in the picture?
a)
Vent
b)
Crater
c)
Conduit
d)
Tephra
2.
What is letter B in the picture?
a)
Magma Chamber
b)
Crater
c)
Vent
d)
Conduit
3.
What is letter C in the picture?
a)
Vent
b)
Crater
c)
Caldera
d)
Tephra
4.
What is letter D in the picture?
a)
Crater
b)
Vent
c)
Conduit
d)
Tephra
5.
What is letter E in the picture?
a)
Tephra
b)
Pyroclastic Flow
c)
Magma Chamber
d)
Vent
6.
What is letter F in the picture?
a)
Pyroclastic Flow
b)
Crater
c)
Vent
d)
Tephra
7.
What is the definition of dormant?
a)
sleeping
b)
extinct
c)
active
d)
invisible
8.
What are scientists that study volcanoes called?
a)
doctor
b)
vet
c)
volcanologist
d)
volcano scientist
9.
What is the opening that extends from the magma chamber to the top of the volcano called?
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
vent
d)
crater
10.
What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?
a)
Lava
b)
Mafic Magma
c)
Felsic Magma
d)
None of these
11.
When an explosive eruption forms a mixture of hot rock, ash, and gas, this material is called a...?
a)
Land slide
b)
Lava
c)
Eruption trail
d)
Pyroclastic flow
12.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
13.
Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
This city was destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
a)
Rome
b)
Munich
c)
Pompeii
d)
Naples
15.
A broad volcano with gently sloping sides is a ________________
a)
Shield
b)
Cinder Cone
c)
Fire Fountain
d)
Composite
16.
A small volcano with steep sides.
a)
cinder cone
b)
composite
c)
strata
d)
shield
17.
Where are volcanoes most likely to form?
a)
along plate boundaries
b)
near the center of continents
c)
near water
d)
on the moon
18.
A bowl shaped area that may form at the top of a volcano around the central vent
a)
crater
b)
vent
c)
tube
d)
leftovers
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