WorksheetsVolcano Study Guide
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift?
Albert Einstein
Alfred Wegner
Isaac Newton
Carles Darwin
2 of these are pieces of evidence for Continental Drift Theory
Evolution of plants and animals
Change in the Earth's magnetic field over time
Common landforms that are on opposite coastlines
Common fossils that are on opposite coastlines
2 of these are pieces of evidence for Continental Drift Theory
Evolution of plants and animals
Volcanoes along the coastline
Continents looking like they would fit together like puzzle pieces
Common fossils that are on opposite coastlines
Younger thinner crust
Oceanic
Continental
Terrestrial
Extraterrestrial
Older, thicker crust
Oceanic
Continental
Terrestrial
Extraterrestrial
Divergent Plates
2 plates moving away from each other
2 plates moving towards each other
One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Oceanic Plate is pushed down.
One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Continental Plate is pushed down.
Two plates slide past each other.
Subduction
2 plates moving away from each other
2 plates moving towards each other
One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Oceanic Plate is pushed down.
One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Continental Plate is pushed down.
Two plates slide past each other.
Transform boundary
2 plates moving away from each other
2 plates moving towards each other
One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Oceanic Plate is pushed down.
One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Continental Plate is pushed down.
Two plates slide past each other.
How the Mt Everest was formed
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Subduction
Divergent Plates
The Longitude line that reads 0
Prime Meridian
Equator
International Date Line
The Latitude line that reads 0
Prime Meridian
Equator
International Date Line
Volcanoes located farther away from a hot spot are...
Younger
Older
A pocket or plume that holds the magma underground
Magma chamber
Vent
Eruption Column
Flank
The opening where the magma comes out
Magma chamber
Vent
Eruption Column
Flank
The column of lava or ash that moves straight up into the air
Magma chamber
Vent
Eruption Column
Flank
Side of a volcano
Magma chamber
Vent
Eruption Column
Flank
Hot Spots happen at a plate boundary
True
False
Which 3 statements are true for shield volcanoes
Kilauea is an example
Runny flowy lava
Least dangerous type
Most dangerous type
Cone shaped volcano
Which 3 statements are true for stratovolcanoes
Kilauea is an example
Subduction
Least dangerous type
Most dangerous type
Cone shaped volcano
Smooth flowy lava
Pahoehoe
A'a
Lava lake
Pyroclastic flow
Lahar
Blocky crumbly lava
Pahoehoe
A'a
Lava lake
Pyroclastic flow
Lahar
Ground-hugging avalanche of hot ash, pumice, rock fragments, and volcanic gas moving at around 60 mph
Pahoehoe
A'a
Lava lake
Pyroclastic flow
Lahar
A volcanic mudflow made of ice, dirt, and rock following the path of river valleys near the volcano.
Pahoehoe
A'a
Lava lake
Pyroclastic flow
Lahar
The most common mineral in Earth's Crust
Silica
Viscosity
Carbon
Igneous
The resistance of liquid to flow
Subduction
Viscosity
Density
Igneous
Basalt
low viscosity/ low silica/ high temperature
extrusive, high viscosity, high silica
intrusive, high viscosity, high silica
Andesite
low viscosity/ low silica/ high temperature
extrusive, high viscosity, high silica
intrusive, high viscosity, high silica
Granite
low viscosity/ low silica/ high temperature
extrusive, high viscosity, high silica
intrusive, high viscosity, high silica
