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Ch. 8 Volcanoes and Volcanism Test Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do we study volcanoes??

a)

Because the are "cool"

b)

Because they are dangerous

c)

Because they aren't a threat to life

d)

Because it's a law

2.

What is a(n) opening in the earth's surface through which lava, ash, and gases flow??

a)

Geyser

b)

Volcano

c)

Mountain

d)

Sills and Dikes

3.

Having to do with molten earth materials.

a)

Igneous

b)

Magma

c)

Volcanology

d)

Seismography

4.

What can magma chambers form??

a)

Vents

b)

Dunes

c)

Sills

d)

Dikes

5.

What is a opening in the earth's crust were magma spills out??

a)

Volcano

b)

Vent

c)

Dike

d)

Geyser

6.

What does the build up of lava form when it cools??

a)

Volcano

b)

Volcanic Cone

c)

Dike

d)

Crater

7.

What are the 3 main types of magma?

a)

Rhyolitic

b)

Andestic

c)

Balsalitic

d)

Liquid

8.

(True or False) Lava cause many deaths when volcanic eruptions happen.

a)

True

b)

False{few}

9.

What type of lava forms when lava erupts underwater and forms a shell, then the melted lava inside burst out and forms a new shell?

a)

Rhyolitic Lava

b)

Basaltic Lava

c)

Pillow Lava

d)

Andesitic Lava

10.

What type of lava moves slowly, forming a splintered, sharply fractured surface?

a)

a'a'

b)

Pillow Lava

c)

Pahoehoe

d)

Molten Lava

11.

What type of lava has a smoothly wrinkled, ropey surface?

a)

a'a'

b)

Pahoehoe

c)

Pillow Lava

d)

Molten Lava

12.

(True or False)?Volcanoes do produce other substances besides lava.

a)

True

b)

False{Don't}

13.

What is the 1st sign of a volcano eroding?

a)

Gaseous Emissions

b)

Liquid Emissions

c)

Solid Emissions

14.

What are hot solid particles that suspend in water vapor?

a)

Glowing Avalanche

b)

Pyroclastic Flow

c)

Gaseous Emissions

d)

Solid Emissions

15.

(True or False) A volcanic mudslide caused by the steam and water that melt the snow, is called a Glowing Avalanche?

a)

True

b)

False{Lahar}

16.

What are vents on the ground that steam and other gases escape?

a)

Lahars

b)

Fumaroles

c)

a'a'

d)

Pahoehoe

17.

What is the common cause of death from a volcano eruption?

a)

Lava

b)

Ash/Tephra

c)

a'a'

d)

Pyroclastic flow

18.

What are the thick layers of igneous rock that covers most parts of the earth?

a)

Pyroclastic flow

b)

Flood-Basalt Zones

c)

Fire Mountains

19.

How are volcanoes classified?

a)

Structure

b)

Explosivity

c)

Strength

d)

activity

20.

What type of volcanoes consist of primarily gravel-sized bits of tephra?

a)

Stratovolcano

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Shield Volcano

21.

What type of volcano ejects lava and pyroclastic materials, also is the type that most of the earth's volcanoes are made of?

a)

Shield Volcano

b)

Cinder Cone

c)

Stratovolcano

22.

(True or False) A volcano is considered Dormant when it is currently erupting or has been observed to erupt in historical times?.

a)

True

b)

False{Active}

23.

(True or False) A volcano is considered Dormant when it is inactive but, un-eroded?

a)

True

b)

False{extinct}

24.

(True or False) A volcano is considered extinct, when it is heavily eroded?

a)

True

b)

false

25.

How do scientist rate a volcano's explosivity?

a)

VEI

b)

Rhicter scale

26.

What is a unwanted or unexpected entry of something into a place?

a)

Explosivity

b)

Intrusion

c)

Volcanism

d)

VEI

27.

What are horizontal, shelf-like formations; they often act as protective caps?

a)

Sills

b)

Dikes

28.

What are wall-like, cross rock strata?

a)

Sills

b)

Dikes

29.

What are large amounts of magma, collected in chambers, cooled, and hardened?

a)

Sills

b)

Plutons

c)

Dikes

d)

Cinder Cones

30.

Batholiths

a)

Largest

b)

Smallest

c)

Medium

31.

Stocks

a)

Largest

b)

Smallest

32.

Laccoliths

a)

Largest

b)

Medium

c)

Smallest

33.

What is the rate that the temperature changes in the earth, according to the depth?

a)

Geothermal Gradient

b)

Hydrothermal Energy

34.

What is the continuous, geothermally driven flow of water?

a)

Hot springs

b)

Hydrothermal Circuit

35.

What is heated water that rises to the earth's surface as a liquid??

a)

Hot Spring

b)

Geyser

c)

Mud Pot

d)

Terrace

36.

What are stepped rock formations; algae and bacteria provide coloring?

a)

Hot Spring

b)

Geyser

c)

Terrace

d)

Mud Pot

37.

What are deposits of tephra?

a)

Hot spring

b)

Geyser

c)

Terrace

d)

Mud pot

38.

What is it called when it forcefully eject water from the ground, at regular intervals?

a)

Hot Spring

b)

Geyser

c)

Terrace

d)

Mud Pot

39.

What is a layer of loose pyroclastic materials and ash covering the ground after a eruption?

a)

Ash

b)

Tephra

c)

Bombs

d)

Pyroclastic material

40.

What are blobs of lava that solidify in a streamlined shape in mid-air??

a)

Ash

b)

Tephra

c)

Bombs

d)

Pyroclastic material

41.

What is like ash but larger and is usually about 2-64mm in size?

a)

Ash

b)

Tephra

c)

Bombs

d)

Cinders

42.

What are the zones of igneous rock that covers many places in the world including the ocean floor called?

a)

Easter Island

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Flood-Basalt Zones

d)

Volcano Maps

43.

What is a depression at the top of the top of a volcanic cones?

a)

Crater

b)

Caldera

44.

What is a depression in top of the volcano caused by a(n) eruption?

a)

Crater

b)

Caldera

45.

What type of volcano has eruptions that consist of mainly bursts of gases, that eject mainly pyroclastic materials?

a)

Cinder Cone

b)

Stratovolcano

c)

Shield Volcano