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WorksheetsUnit 10 Earth Science Vocab
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.
Caldera
Crater
Hole
Your Mom
A body of magma that has hardened underground.
Pluton
Batholith
Laccolith
Non of the above.
Igneous activity that occurs within a tectonic plate away from plate boundaries.
Geothermal Gradient
Decompression Melting
Intraplate Volcanism
All of the above.
(a) is a large round pit caused by the impact of a meteorite.
What are the two cone shaped volcano.
Cinder Cone
Ice Cream Cone
Composite Cone
Shield Volcano
A liquid's resistance to flowing.
Viscosity
Friction
Force
Barrier
The opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano.
Hole
Crater
Vent
All of the above.
A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.
Crater
Caldera
Hole in the ground.
All of the above.
A (a) is a mountain formed of lava and/or pyroclastic material
Fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption.
Ash
Stone
All of the above.
Pyroclastic Material
A round volcano in the shape of a shield.
Gladiator Volcano
Disk Volcano
Shield Volcano
Your Mom Volcano
None of the above.
A slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock.
Sill
Silk
Veins
Dike
Which of the two occurs in the preexisting layer of the rocks.
Laccolith
Batholith
Dike
Sill
Metamorphic Rock
A (a) is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.
The gradual increase in temperature with depth in the crust.
Decompression Melting
Geothermal Gradient
Melting due to a drop in confining pressure that occurs as rock rises.
Decompression Melting
Geothermal Gradient
Magma
Lava
