Volcanoes Vocabulary Quiz

What is an active volcano?

• A volcano that is not likely to erupt in the future

• A volcano that is erupting or that is likely to erupt in the future

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

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

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What does the term 'basalt' refer to?

• A drawing of a place that shows where things are

• Liquid rock that flows or explodes from a volcano

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

• A group of active volcanoes that forms a circle shape around the Pacific Ocean

What does it mean to 'erupt'?

• To guess what will happen based on things you know

• When lava quickly comes out of a volcano

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

• A volcano that is not likely to erupt in the future

What is an extinct volcano?

• A volcano that is erupting or that is likely to erupt in the future

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

• A volcano that is not likely to erupt in the future

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

What is lava?

• A drawing of a place that shows where things are

• Liquid rock that flows or explodes from a volcano

• Something that happens again and again in a way that can be predicted

• A group of active volcanoes that forms a circle shape around the Pacific Ocean

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What is a map?

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

• A drawing of a place that shows where things are

• Liquid rock that flows or explodes from a volcano

• A volcano that is not likely to erupt in the future

What is the Ring of Fire?

• A scientist who studies volcanoes

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

• A group of active volcanoes that forms a circle shape around the Pacific Ocean

• A volcano that is not likely to erupt in the future

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What does the word predict mean?

• To guess what will happen based on things you know.

• To happen again and again and again.

• To flow out of a volcano quickly.

• A scientist who studies volcanoes.

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