Volcanoes

Where are most of the world's active volcanoes located?

• The Ring of Fire

• Hawaii

• philipines

About how many volcanoes on Earth are still active?

• 4,500

• 500

• 1,500

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Where does Magma come from?

• The mantle of the volcano?

• The chamber of the volcano?

• The vent of the volcano?

As magma cools on Earth's surface, it becomes hard rock?

• True

• False

Ash, gasses and debris explode into the air. What does this type of eruption describe?

• violent eruption

• steady eruption

• quiet eruption

When lava oozes from the vent in a slow stream what type of eruption is this?

• violent eruption

• quiet

• steady one

When a volcano has a flow of thick and sticky lava this is known as what type of volcano?

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

• cinder cone volcano

What type of volcano is the smallest type of volcano?

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

• cinder cone volcano

What type of volcano erupts with quiet, steady flows of lava?

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

• cinder volcano

What type of volcano explodes violently?

• composite volcano

• shield volcano

• cinder cone volcano