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Volcanoes

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The difference between magma and lava is _____
a)
where it is found (above or below the surface)
b)
how hot the molten rock is (lava is hotter than magma)
c)
 the type of boundary where it forms
d)
the viscosity of the molten rock (lava has a lower viscosity)
2.
Vocanoes are found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
3.
What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?
a)
Hot Spot
b)
Magma
c)
Lava
d)
Volcano
4.

What part of the volcano is piled up by eruptions around the vents?

a)

Magma chamber

b)

Vent

c)

Crater

d)

Slope

5.

Which part of the volcano does A demonstrate?

a)

Magma chamber

b)

Vent

c)

Crater

d)

Slope

6.

Volcanoes that have not erupted in the last 10,000 years and are not expected to again are what type of volcano?

a)

Active

b)

Dormant

c)

Extinct

d)

Dead

7.

Volcanoes that have not erupted in the last 10,000 years but are expected to again are what type of volcano?

a)

Active

b)

Dormant

c)

Extinct

d)

Dead

8.

Volcanoes that have erupted in the last 10,000 years are what type of volcano?

a)

Dormant

b)

Extinct

c)

Active

d)

Dead

9.

Where do most of the 1,500 volcanoes on Earth occur?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Himalayan Range

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Pacific Ring of Fire

10.

On what planet is the tallest volcano in the Solar System?

a)

Earth

b)

Venus

c)

Mercury

d)

Jupiter

e)

Mars

11.

Which of the following descriptions describes a dormant volcano?

a)

volcano that is erupting

b)

volcano that has erupted in recent history

c)

volcano that scientists believe will never erupt again

d)

volcano that has not erupted in a long time, but may erupt again

12.

What do we call molten hot liquid rock BELOW Earth's surface?

a)

magma

b)

igneous

c)

cinder

d)

mauna

e)

lava

13.

What do we call molten hot liquid rock once it erupts to the Earth's surface?

a)

magma

b)

igneous

c)

cinder

d)

mauna

e)

lava

14.

What is a volcano?

a)

A large storm with very high winds

b)

A violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other

c)

An opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface

d)

A large cloud that generates rain, hail, & lightening

e)

none of the above