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Volcanoes Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following volcano hazards is made up of rocky particles about the size of a grain of sand?
2. Which type of lava flow has angular, sharp pieces?
3. Hot fast moving lava
4. A volcano with mafic and felsic lava.
5. If something explodes, it
6. Volcanoes that are not currently erupting but may erupt in the future can be considered .....
7. A volcanic eruption can be either .....
8. Volcanoes are made at ..... plate boundaries and at hot spots
9. Is magma one of the main substance necessary for eruptions
10. What is the point on the Earth's surface that lies directly above the site where an earthquake occurred?
11. What is a huge hole left behind When a volcano has an enormous eruption and empties the magma chamber and the main vent. The volcano becomes hollow and collapses leaving this hole behind
12. Why are hot springs hot?
13. The hot ash, gas and rock that races down the side of a volcano is known as .....
14. This area is considered an island arc.
15. Tall, cone-shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash
16. A bowl shaped area that may form at the top of a volcano around the central vent
17. These are chains of volcanoes formed by subducting plates.
18. What is part of the volcano is a long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to the surface
19. What do you call the opening or vent in a volcano?
20. Rocks tumbling down a steep slope would be an example of
21. When rock underground suddenly breaks along a transform plate boundary due to extreme pressure that has built up, a release of energy occurs resulting in what type of geologic activity?
22. A ..... Boundary occurs at a mid-ocean ridge as the ocean floor pulls apart.
23. Oh baby, there ain't no ..... high enough, / Ain't no ..... low enough, / Ain't no ..... wide enough / To keep me from getting to you babe .....
24. What is liquid rock that spills on to the Earth's surface?
25. Where are the earths volcanoes located?
26. What kind of volcano is made of alternating layers of lava and tephra? (also called strata volcano)
27. An area of earthquake and volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific ocean.
28. Liquid magma that reaches the surface ..... hardens into surface rock.
29. Volcanoes swell when
30. Which volcano from the choice below erupts everyday?
31. What stage is a volcano in when it is considered to be "sleeping" ?
32. Which phrase best describes a volcano that is not expected to erupt again?
33. What is the opening in Earth's crust through which molten rock, gases, and ash erupt?
34. Describes a volcano that is no longer active and ;is unlikely to ever erupt!
35. What is the term for a fluid's tendency to resist flow?
36. Who was unfairly blamed for the Year Without a Summer?
37. Paricutin in Mexico is a ..... that can produce small, short explosive eruptions.
38. Which phrase describes a sill?
39. A bowl-shaped area that forms around a volcano's central opening.
40. Volcanoes can form along
41. All the volcanoes of Hawaiian islands are example of this type of volcano.
42. Which event causes a volcanic eruption?
43. What is the name of the hot liquid that erupts from the volcano?
44. What is a dent or depression called on a volcano?
45. A volcano made from alternating layers of ash and lava is called a(n) ..... volcano
46. Which region does NOT have a lot of volcanic activity?
47. The red substance that goes out of the crater and flows the volcano is called .....
48. When many layers of thin, runny lava build up a high, level area, the result is a
49. Which part of a volcano does magma spill out of?
50. Magma that forces itself vertically through rock layers forms what when cooled?
51. Which sentence from the text best explains how a volcanic eruption can affect earth?
52. These eruptions clouds can reach the stratosphere.
53. What is the name of a scientist who studies volcanoes?
54. What other geological event sometimes occurs in the same area as a volcano?
55. Molten rock inside the Earth's crust
56. An explosive eruption will happen when the magma is high in what?
57. A weak spot in the crust where molten material, or magma comes to the surface
58. Composite volcanoes are also called .....
59. Where the Mount Tambora volcano is located?
60. A plate boundary where the plates divide
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