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Types of Volcanoes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of volcano is wide and flat, created by layers of lava flow?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

2.

What type of volcano is made of ash and cinders from pyroclastic flow?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

3.

What type of volcano is Kilauea, which is located above a hot spot where layers of lava continuously flow?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

4.

What type of volcano is Mount St. Helens, a tall volcano composed of layers of lava and cinders?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

5.

Which type of volcano forms due to a series of quiet eruptions?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

6.

Which type of volcano forms due to alternating quiet and explosive eruptions which form layers?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

7.

Which type of volcano is steep and cone-shaped with a bowl-shaped crater?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

8.

What type of volcano is this?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

9.

What type of volcano is this?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

10.

What type of volcano is this?

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite

11.

If lava has low viscosity, which adjectives best describe it?

a)

Runny, Smooth, Flows Easily

b)

Thick, Jagged, Flows Slowly

12.

If lava has high viscosity, which type of eruption will likely result?

a)

Quiet

b)

Explosive

13.

Cinder cone volcanoes have which type of eruption?

a)

Quiet eruptions with lava flows.

b)

Explosive eruptions with pyroclastic flow.

c)

Alternating quiet and explosive eruptions.

14.

Which word describes molten rock that is below the crust?

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

15.

Which type of lava has low viscosity and flows smoothly, forming wrinkles and coils?

a)

Pahoehoe

b)

A'a

16.

Which type of lava has high viscosity, flows slowly, and has a rough, jagged surface?

a)

Pahoehoe

b)

A'a

17.

As temperature increases, viscosity...

a)

increases.

b)

decreases.

18.

If lava contains more silica, its viscosity...

a)

increases.

b)

decreases.

19.

Which word describes molten rock that is above the crust?

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

20.

Paracutin (the volcano that formed quickly in a farmer's field due to ash, cinders, and bombs building up around the vent) is a __________ volcano.

a)

Shield

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Composite