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Unit 10 Earth Science Vocab

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression.

a)

Caldera

b)

Crater

c)

Hole

d)

Your Mom

2.

A body of magma that has hardened underground.

a)

Pluton

b)

Batholith

c)

Laccolith

d)

Non of the above.

3.

Igneous activity that occurs within a tectonic plate away from plate boundaries.

a)

Geothermal Gradient

b)

Decompression Melting

c)

Intraplate Volcanism

d)

All of the above.

4.

(a)   is a large round pit caused by the impact of a meteorite.

5.

What are the two cone shaped volcano.

a)

Cinder Cone

b)

Ice Cream Cone

c)

Composite Cone

d)

Shield Volcano

6.

A liquid's resistance to flowing.

a)

Viscosity

b)

Friction

c)

Force

d)

Barrier

7.

The opening through which molten rock and gas leave a volcano.

a)

Hole

b)

Crater

c)

Vent

d)

All of the above.

8.

A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.

a)

Crater

b)

Caldera

c)

Hole in the ground.

d)

All of the above.

9.

A (a)   is a mountain formed of lava and/or pyroclastic material

10.

Fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption.

a)

Ash

b)

Stone

c)

All of the above.

d)

Pyroclastic Material

11.

A round volcano in the shape of a shield.

a)

Gladiator Volcano

b)

Disk Volcano

c)

Shield Volcano

d)

Your Mom Volcano

e)

None of the above.

12.

A slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock.

a)

Sill

b)

Silk

c)

Veins

d)

Dike

13.

Which of the two occurs in the preexisting layer of the rocks.

a)

Laccolith

b)

Batholith

c)

Dike

d)

Sill

e)

Metamorphic Rock

14.

A (a)   is a large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.

15.

The gradual increase in temperature with depth in the crust.

a)

Decompression Melting

b)

Geothermal Gradient

16.

Melting due to a drop in confining pressure that occurs as rock rises.

a)

Decompression Melting

b)

Geothermal Gradient

c)

Magma

d)

Lava