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Volcano Study Guide

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Alfred Wegner

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Carles Darwin

2.

2 of these are pieces of evidence for Continental Drift Theory

a)

Evolution of plants and animals

b)

Change in the Earth's magnetic field over time

c)

Common landforms that are on opposite coastlines

d)

Common fossils that are on opposite coastlines

3.

2 of these are pieces of evidence for Continental Drift Theory

a)

Evolution of plants and animals

b)

Volcanoes along the coastline

c)

Continents looking like they would fit together like puzzle pieces

d)

Common fossils that are on opposite coastlines

4.

Younger thinner crust

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

c)

Terrestrial

d)

Extraterrestrial

5.

Older, thicker crust

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

c)

Terrestrial

d)

Extraterrestrial

6.

Divergent Plates

a)

2 plates moving away from each other

b)

2 plates moving towards each other

c)

One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Oceanic Plate is pushed down.

d)

One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Continental Plate is pushed down.

e)

Two plates slide past each other.

7.

Subduction

a)

2 plates moving away from each other

b)

2 plates moving towards each other

c)

One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Oceanic Plate is pushed down.

d)

One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Continental Plate is pushed down.

e)

Two plates slide past each other.

8.

Transform boundary

a)

2 plates moving away from each other

b)

2 plates moving towards each other

c)

One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Oceanic Plate is pushed down.

d)

One Oceanic Plate and one Continental Plate moving towards each other. The Continental Plate is pushed down.

e)

Two plates slide past each other.

9.

How the Mt Everest was formed

a)

Convergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Subduction

d)

Divergent Plates

10.

The Longitude line that reads 0

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

International Date Line

11.

The Latitude line that reads 0

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

International Date Line

12.

Volcanoes located farther away from a hot spot are...

a)

Younger

b)

Older

13.

A pocket or plume that holds the magma underground

a)

Magma chamber

b)

Vent

c)

Eruption Column

d)

Flank

14.

The opening where the magma comes out

a)

Magma chamber

b)

Vent

c)

Eruption Column

d)

Flank

15.

The column of lava or ash that moves straight up into the air

a)

Magma chamber

b)

Vent

c)

Eruption Column

d)

Flank

16.

Side of a volcano

a)

Magma chamber

b)

Vent

c)

Eruption Column

d)

Flank

17.

Hot Spots happen at a plate boundary

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which 3 statements are true for shield volcanoes

a)

Kilauea is an example

b)

Runny flowy lava

c)

Least dangerous type

d)

Most dangerous type

e)

Cone shaped volcano

19.

Which 3 statements are true for stratovolcanoes

a)

Kilauea is an example

b)

Subduction

c)

Least dangerous type

d)

Most dangerous type

e)

Cone shaped volcano

20.

Smooth flowy lava

a)

Pahoehoe

b)

A'a

c)

Lava lake

d)

Pyroclastic flow

e)

Lahar

21.

Blocky crumbly lava

a)

Pahoehoe

b)

A'a

c)

Lava lake

d)

Pyroclastic flow

e)

Lahar

22.

Ground-hugging avalanche of hot ash, pumice, rock fragments, and volcanic gas moving at around 60 mph

a)

Pahoehoe

b)

A'a

c)

Lava lake

d)

Pyroclastic flow

e)

Lahar

23.

A volcanic mudflow made of ice, dirt, and rock following the path of river valleys near the volcano.

a)

Pahoehoe

b)

A'a

c)

Lava lake

d)

Pyroclastic flow

e)

Lahar

24.

The most common mineral in Earth's Crust

a)

Silica

b)

Viscosity

c)

Carbon

d)

Igneous

25.

The resistance of liquid to flow

a)

Subduction

b)

Viscosity

c)

Density

d)

Igneous

26.

Basalt

a)

low viscosity/ low silica/ high temperature

b)

extrusive, high viscosity, high silica

c)

intrusive, high viscosity, high silica

27.

Andesite

a)

low viscosity/ low silica/ high temperature

b)

extrusive, high viscosity, high silica

c)

intrusive, high viscosity, high silica

28.

Granite

a)

low viscosity/ low silica/ high temperature

b)

extrusive, high viscosity, high silica

c)

intrusive, high viscosity, high silica