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Volcanoes

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does molten means?

a)

frozen

b)

melted

c)

dehydrated

d)

evaporated

2.

What do we call hot liquid rock found below the Earth's surface?

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Pumice

d)

Volcanic cone

3.

What do we call the massive pieces of Earth's crust that move and shift?

a)

Magma chamber

b)

Ocean floors

c)

Tectonic plates

d)

Divergent Boundaries

4.

What do scientists call magma once it has erupted from a volcano?

a)

Subduction

b)

Ash

c)

Toxic gas

d)

Lava

5.

How do scientists categorize a volcano that hasn't erupted for thousands of years and will not likely erupt in the future?

a)

Active

b)

Dormant

c)

Extinct

d)

None of the Above

6.

What do we call the horseshoe-shaped string of volcanoes at the edges of the Pacific Ocean?

a)

The Volcanic Chain

b)

The Ring of Fire

c)

Lava Circle

d)

Ash Corridor

7.
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
a)
Aa
b)
Lava
c)
Magma
d)
Pahoehoe
8.
As magma rises towards the surface it collects in a 'room' called a _____ _____ . 
a)
magma chamber
b)
side vent
c)
main vent
d)
lava chamber
9.
Vocanoes are found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
10.
What is a volcano?
a)
A mountain that has lava all over it 
b)
A giant hill filled with magma
c)
A long high sea wave 
d)
A hole in the Earth where magma erupts
11.
The difference between magma and lava is _____
a)
where it is found (above or below the surface)
b)
how hot the molten rock is (lava is hotter than magma)
c)
 the type of boundary where it forms
d)
the viscosity of the molten rock (lava has a lower viscosity)
12.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
13.
What is / are sign(s) that a volcano may erupt soon?
a)
Earthquake activity in the area
b)
Changes in the shape of the volcano
c)
Different amounts of gas being produced
d)
All of these are signs
14.
What is the definition of dormant?
a)
sleeping
b)
extinct
c)
active
d)
invisible
15.
What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?
a)
Lava
b)
Mafic Magma
c)
Felsic Magma
d)
None of these
16.
What are scientists that study volcanoes called?
a)
doctor
b)
vet
c)
volcanologist
d)
volcano scientist
17.
Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Which type of volcano has recently erupted or will soon erupt?
a)
Active
b)
Dormant
c)
Extinct
19.
What can be created by a volcano?
a)
a book
b)
a tiger
c)
an island
d)
a person
20.
Over time, as a volcano continues to erupt, it will get
a)
smaller
b)
bigger
c)
hungry
d)
cold
21.

What is Earth's crust?

a)

the solid rock that forms the outer layer of Earth

b)

hot, melted rock

c)

a bowl-shaped area at the top of a volcano

22.
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
23.
What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?
a)
Lava
b)
Mafic Magma
c)
Felsic Magma
d)
None of these
24.
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
25.
Volcanoes that have recently erupted are known as:
a)
Extinct Volcano
b)
Dormant Volcano
c)
Active Volcano
d)
What's a volcano?
26.

An underground pool of magma.

a)

magma chamber

b)

pipe

c)

vent

d)

lava flow

27.

The opening that magma and gases flow through at the earth's surface.

a)

magma chamber

b)

pipe

c)

vent

d)

lava flow

28.

A bowl shaped area that forms around the vent.

a)

vent

b)

landslides, mudslides, avalanches

c)

pressure

d)

crater

29.

Natural disasters volcanoes can create.

a)

vent

b)

landslides, mudslides, avalanches

c)

pressure

d)

crater

30.

Dissolved gases in the magma expand creating bubbles that force the magma through the pipes until it explodes out of the vent.

a)

vent

b)

landslides, mudslides, avalanches

c)

pressure

d)

crater

31.

Heated groundwater that collects in a pool, contains dissolved gasses and other minerals.

a)

explosive eruption

b)

Hot Springs

c)

quiet eruption

d)

Geysers

32.

Aside from its effects to human and animal safety, Volcanic gases have huge impact on:

a)

Agriculture

b)

Environment

c)

Livelihood

d)

Villages

e)

Property

33.

A divergent boundary occurs where plates ....

a)

Pull apart

b)

Come together

c)

Slide past each other

d)

subducting

34.

Rock at the mid ocean ridges...

a)

is the oldest rock on the earth.

b)

is older than continental rock.

c)

is younger than continental rock.

35.

Mid-ocean ridges can be found in

a)

the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

b)

the Pacific and the Indian Oceans

c)

all of Earth's oceans

d)

only the Atlantic Ocean

36.

Mid-ocean ridges are formed along a divergent boundary under the water.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Where plates pull away from each other

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

38.

Plates collide with one another

a)

Transform Boundary

b)

Convergent Boundary

c)

Divergent Boundary

39.

A(n) _____is an underwater mountain chain.

a)

mid-ocean ridge

b)

subduction zone

c)

fault zone

40.

__________ are formed when two continental plates collide.

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Strike-slip faults

c)

Mountain ranges

d)

Rift valleys

41.

In Seafloor Spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts or flows out

a)

along the edges of all the continents

b)

in the deep ocean trenches

c)

along mid-ocean ridges

d)

in the north and south poles