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WorksheetsCh. 8 Volcanoes and Volcanism Test Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Why do we study volcanoes??
Because the are "cool"
Because they are dangerous
Because they aren't a threat to life
Because it's a law
What is a(n) opening in the earth's surface through which lava, ash, and gases flow??
Geyser
Volcano
Mountain
Sills and Dikes
Having to do with molten earth materials.
Igneous
Magma
Volcanology
Seismography
What can magma chambers form??
Vents
Dunes
Sills
Dikes
What is a opening in the earth's crust were magma spills out??
Volcano
Vent
Dike
Geyser
What does the build up of lava form when it cools??
Volcano
Volcanic Cone
Dike
Crater
What are the 3 main types of magma?
Rhyolitic
Andestic
Balsalitic
Liquid
(True or False) Lava cause many deaths when volcanic eruptions happen.
True
False{few}
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?
Rhyolitic Lava
Basaltic Lava
Pillow Lava
Andesitic Lava
What type of lava moves slowly, forming a splintered, sharply fractured surface?
a'a'
Pillow Lava
Pahoehoe
Molten Lava
What type of lava has a smoothly wrinkled, ropey surface?
a'a'
Pahoehoe
Pillow Lava
Molten Lava
(True or False)?Volcanoes do produce other substances besides lava.
True
False{Don't}
What is the 1st sign of a volcano eroding?
Gaseous Emissions
Liquid Emissions
Solid Emissions
What are hot solid particles that suspend in water vapor?
Glowing Avalanche
Pyroclastic Flow
Gaseous Emissions
Solid Emissions
(True or False) A volcanic mudslide caused by the steam and water that melt the snow, is called a Glowing Avalanche?
True
False{Lahar}
What are vents on the ground that steam and other gases escape?
Lahars
Fumaroles
a'a'
Pahoehoe
What is the common cause of death from a volcano eruption?
Lava
Ash/Tephra
a'a'
Pyroclastic flow
What are the thick layers of igneous rock that covers most parts of the earth?
Pyroclastic flow
Flood-Basalt Zones
Fire Mountains
How are volcanoes classified?
Structure
Explosivity
Strength
activity
What type of volcanoes consist of primarily gravel-sized bits of tephra?
Stratovolcano
Cinder Cone
Shield Volcano
What type of volcano ejects lava and pyroclastic materials, also is the type that most of the earth's volcanoes are made of?
Shield Volcano
Cinder Cone
Stratovolcano
(True or False) A volcano is considered Dormant when it is currently erupting or has been observed to erupt in historical times?.
True
False{Active}
(True or False) A volcano is considered Dormant when it is inactive but, un-eroded?
True
False{extinct}
(True or False) A volcano is considered extinct, when it is heavily eroded?
True
false
How do scientist rate a volcano's explosivity?
VEI
Rhicter scale
What is a unwanted or unexpected entry of something into a place?
Explosivity
Intrusion
Volcanism
VEI
What are horizontal, shelf-like formations; they often act as protective caps?
Sills
Dikes
What are wall-like, cross rock strata?
Sills
Dikes
What are large amounts of magma, collected in chambers, cooled, and hardened?
Sills
Plutons
Dikes
Cinder Cones
Batholiths
Largest
Smallest
Medium
Stocks
Largest
Smallest
Laccoliths
Largest
Medium
Smallest
What is the rate that the temperature changes in the earth, according to the depth?
Geothermal Gradient
Hydrothermal Energy
What is the continuous, geothermally driven flow of water?
Hot springs
Hydrothermal Circuit
What is heated water that rises to the earth's surface as a liquid??
Hot Spring
Geyser
Mud Pot
Terrace
What are stepped rock formations; algae and bacteria provide coloring?
Hot Spring
Geyser
Terrace
Mud Pot
What are deposits of tephra?
Hot spring
Geyser
Terrace
Mud pot
What is it called when it forcefully eject water from the ground, at regular intervals?
Hot Spring
Geyser
Terrace
Mud Pot
What is a layer of loose pyroclastic materials and ash covering the ground after a eruption?
Ash
Tephra
Bombs
Pyroclastic material
What are blobs of lava that solidify in a streamlined shape in mid-air??
Ash
Tephra
Bombs
Pyroclastic material
What is like ash but larger and is usually about 2-64mm in size?
Ash
Tephra
Bombs
Cinders
What are the zones of igneous rock that covers many places in the world including the ocean floor called?
Easter Island
Canadian Shield
Flood-Basalt Zones
Volcano Maps
What is a depression at the top of the top of a volcanic cones?
Crater
Caldera
What is a depression in top of the volcano caused by a(n) eruption?
Crater
Caldera
What type of volcano has eruptions that consist of mainly bursts of gases, that eject mainly pyroclastic materials?
Cinder Cone
Stratovolcano
Shield Volcano
