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Volcanoes - Quiz
Contributed by: Rossi
  • 1. What is a volcano?
A) A violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two tectonic plates bump into each other
B) An opening in the Earth's crust where magma erupts to the surface
C) A large cloud that generates rain, hail, and lightning
D) A large storm with very high speed winds
  • 2. What do we call molten hot liquid rock while it is still below the Earth's surface?
A) Lava
B) Igneous
C) Cinder
D) Magma
  • 3. What do we call molten hot liquid rock once it erupts to the Earth's surface?
A) Igneous
B) Cinder
C) Lava
D) Magma
  • 4. What kind of rocks are formed when lava from a volcano cools?
A) Sedimentary rocks
B) Metamorphic rocks
C) Igneous rocks
D) Magma rocks
  • 5. Which of the following descriptions describes a dormant volcano?
A) A volcano that has not erupted in a long time, but may erupt again
B) A volcano that is currently erupting
C) A volcano that scientists believe will never erupt again
D) A volcano that has erupted in recent history
  • 6. What type of volcanoes form from wide thin layers of lava?
A) Shield volcanoes
B) Cinder cones
C) Lava domes
D) Composite volcanoes
  • 7. What type of volcanoes can sometimes form inside another volcano?
A) Cinder cone
B) Composite volcanoes
C) Shield volcanes
D) Lava domes
  • 8. What type of volcanoes are formed from lava ejected from a single vent at the top, but they don't get taller than around 1,000 feet?
A) Composite volcanoes
B) Shield Volcanoes
C) Cinder cones
D) Lava domes
  • 9. What type of volcanoes are formed over many years and can grow to mountains of over 8,000 feet tall?
A) Shield Volcanoes
B) Lava Domes
C) Composite volcanoes
D) Cinder Cones
  • 10. On what planet is the tallest volcano in the Solar System?
A) Mars
B) Saturn
C) Venus
D) Earth
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