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Volcanoes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a volcano?

a)

A volcano is an opening in the earth's crust through which lava, volcanic ash, and gases escape

b)

A volcano is a mountain in the earth's crust through which water, plants, and animals lived

c)

A volcano is a house under the earth's crust

d)

A volcano is an opening in the earth's crust when a meteor strikes

2.

How can volcanic ash damage the environment?

a)

crop failure

b)

land covered with ash

c)

robots malfunction

d)

poluting rivers

3.

How many

active volcanoes are there today?

a)

60

b)

700

c)

1500

d)

150

4.

What are lahars?

a)

Raining ash

b)

Mudslides formed when material from a pyroclastic flow merges with the water

c)

Polluted water that poison the land

d)

A type of forest fire.

5.

What comes out of the volcano when it erupts?

a)

hydrogen sulfide

b)

Lava

c)

Ash

d)

sulfur dioxide

6.

How do volcanoes form?

a)

formed by tectonic plates sliding

b)

formed by tectonic plates moving under another

c)

formed by tectonic plates moving next to another

d)

formed by tectonic plates moving apart from another

7.

What are the benefits of volcanoes?

a)

volcanic soil is useful and rich in nutrients for plants and crops

b)

Provide metals like copper, silver, iron, and gold

c)

It makes haze that covered the area.

d)

It produces volcanic rock for research

8.

Volcanoes don't create new landforms.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Volcanoes can affect the weather.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Lava flows very slowly. They can start a forest fire.

a)

True

b)

False