QUIZ CHAPTER 8-EARTH SCIENCE

A depositional mountain landform built from solified magma from deep in the earth.

• plateaus

• dome

• volcano

• mesas

Our English Word volcano comes from Vulcano Island, a now-dormant volcano in the Mediterranean sea. The ancient ______ named this island for vulcan, their god of fire.

• Romans

• Greeks

• Italians

Volcanoes are made of _____ rocks.

• sedimentary

• igneous

• metamorphic

• shale

Fast flowing lava that when hard, has a shiny Surface and an appereance similar to a twisted rope.

• pahoehoe

• a'a'

• pillow

• lava

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This type of lava forms only underwater.

• pahoehoe

• pillow

• a'a'

• magma

Select the type of magma that erupts very explosively, Yellowstone volcano has this type of magma.

• basaltic

• andesitic

• rhyolitic

A mixture of hot solid particles suspended in water vapor or other gases. This hot mixture is called

• glowing avalanche

• lahar

• eruption

• mud

These are vents in the ground where steam and other gases from volcanic activity escape.

• lahar

• fumaroles

• volcano

• hot springs

The solidified material that a volcano emits is called _____ mateiral.

Complete the sentence.

According to the activity, volcanoes are classified in: ________, dormant, and extinct volcanoes.