Birth of Rocks Mystery #1 Vocabulary Practice

What is a volcano?

• a high area of land with an opening where lava flows or explodes out from

• liquid rock

• type of rock formed when thin, fast-moving lava cools

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What is the group of active volcanoes that forms a circle shape around the Pacific Ocean called?

• The Grand Canyon

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Ring of Fire

• An Engagement Ring

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Who is a volcanologist?

• Spock from Star Trek

• a scientist who studies volcanoes

• a scientist who studies weather

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What would an active volcano look like?

What would an extinct volcano look like?

Draw a basalt rock.

What is a basalt rock?

• a type of rock formed when lava cools slowly and is usually light in color

• liquid rock

• a type of rock formed when thin, fast-moving lava cools and is usually very dark in color

Felsite rock is....

• pale colored rock; made from slow cooling lava

• dark colored rock; made from quick cooling lava

• liquid rock

What is liquid rock that flows or explodes from a volcano?

• magma

• lava

• basalt rock

• felsite rock

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Magma is

• molten rock underground

• liquid rock above ground

• light colored cooled rock