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Volcanos

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is shown in the picture?

a)

Volcano

b)

Geyser

c)

Mountain

2.

What type of volcano?

a)

Shield

(explosive)

b)

Composite

(steep sides)

c)

Shield

(dark, easy flowing lava)

3.

What type of volcano?

a)

Shield

(steep sides)

b)

Composite

(pyroclastic cloud)

c)

Shield

(Dark, easy flowing lava)

4.

What type of volcanic hazard?

a)

Lahar

b)

Ash

c)

Lava

d)

Volcanic Bomb

5.

What type of volcanic hazard?

a)

Lahar

b)

Ash

c)

Lava

d)

Volcanic Bomb

6.

What type of volcanic hazard?

a)

Lahar

b)

Ash

c)

Lava

d)

Volcanic Bomb

7.

What type of volcanic hazard?

a)

Lahar

b)

Ash

c)

Lava

d)

Volcanic Bomb

8.

What type of volcanos form on mid-ocean ridges?

a)

Shield

b)

Composite or Stratovolcano

9.

What type of volcano forms over subduction zones?

a)

Shield

b)

Composite or stratovolcano

10.

Many citizens of Pompeii were killed by a hot ash cloud called a

a)

Lahar

b)

Pyroclastic flow

c)

Tephra

11.

Tephra is classified by

a)

Size

b)

Shape

c)

Amount

12.

Which volcano is extinct?

a)

Mt. A

b)

Mt. B

c)

Mt. C

13.

Which is a composite or stratovolcano eruption?

a)
b)
c)
14.

Which image shows a caldera, or collapsed volcanic cone?

a)
b)
c)
15.

Which image shows a geyser erupting?

a)
b)
c)
16.

Which image shows a volcanic field?

a)
b)
c)
17.

Where does the magma for a shield volcano come from?

a)

The mantle

b)

Melted crustal rock along a subduction zone

18.

Where does the magma for a composite or stratovolcano come from?

a)

The mantle

b)

Melted crustal rock along a subduction zone

19.

Magma that is very hot and dark in color

a)

Basaltic

b)

Rhyolitic

20.

Magma that is cooler and lighter in color

a)

Basaltic

b)

Rhyolitic

21.

Why does rhyolitic magma cause explosive eruptions?

a)

The magma is hot and flows easily

b)

The magma is hot and has a lot of gases in it.

c)

The magma is cooler, doesn't flow well, and gas pressure builds up