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volcanoes

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what happens in the volcanoes vent?

a)

it erupts

b)

it explodes

c)

it shakes

2.
What does not come out of volcanos?
a)
ash
b)
lava
c)
rock
d)
chocolate
3.
Volcanoes that have not erupted for at least 10,000 years are described as...
a)
Sleeping
b)
Dormant
c)
Active
d)
Extinct
4.
volcano that has erupted in the last 2000 years but not recently is known as....
a)
Dormant
b)
Active
c)
Extinct
d)
Angry
5.
Volcanoes that have recently erupted are known as:
a)
Extinct Volcano
b)
Dormant Volcano
c)
Active Volcano
d)
What's a volcano?
6.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
7.
What is Magma when it reaches the surface of Earth?
a)
Lava
b)
Mafic Magma
c)
Felsic Magma
d)
None of these
8.
What is the opening that extends from the magma chamber to the top of the volcano called?
a)
magma
b)
lava
c)
vent 
d)
crater
9.

How can volcanic ash help the environment?

a)

It can be recyled.

b)

Mineral in the ash can help plants grow.

c)

the wind carries ash.

d)

Animals can eat the minerals in the ash.

10.

When magma flows out of the volcano it is called

a)

air

b)

water

c)

egg shells

d)

lava

11.

Melted rock inside the Earth is called

a)

magma.

b)

water.

c)

fire.

d)

surface.

12.

What is a volcano?

a)

Structures that form on the Earth’s crust after molten material reaches the Earth’s surface

b)

The slow, steady spreading of the Earth's crust which releases a small amount of magma onto the surface

c)

The steady cycling of molten material in the mantle, where less dense material rises up to the surface

d)

The energy release that results from the sudden movement of blocks of rock at a plate boundary