Volcanes

Which of the following states a fact?

• Earthquakes aren't dangerous.

• Earthquakes are easy to predict.

• Volcanoes are less damaging than earthquakes.

• The Earth is constantly changing.

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What is magma?

• giant pieces of rock and soil that make up the surface of the Earth

• cracks in the surface of the earth

• melted, liquid rock beneath Earth's crust

• enormous ocean waves

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Which of the following states an opinion?

• Tsunamis are the largest type of waves.

• Clouds of dust and ash rise into the air during a volcanic eruption.

• Underwater earthquakes cause the sea floor to move violently.

• Earthquakes are the most damaging natural disaster.

Which word means cracks in the surface of the Earth usually around the edges of plates.

• plates

• faults

• mudslides

• earthquakes

The difference between magma and lava is ....

• lava is hotter than magma

• lava is redder than magma

• lava is found above ground, magma below ground

• lava is found below ground, magma above ground

A tsunami is ...

• caused most often by volcanic eruptions

• caused most often by underwater earthquakes

• measured using a seismometer

• the dangerous type of volcanic eruption

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The Ring of Fire is ....

• the area where most earthquakes takes place

• an area with many volcanoes around the Atlantic Ocean

• an area with many volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

• an area in a volcano's crater containing red hot lava

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Which of these is true about volcanic eruptions?

• Volcanoes erupt due to an increase in earthquakes.

• Volcanoes erupt and release hot gases, lava and ash.

• Volcanoes erupt after a tsunami takes place nearby.

• Volcanoes erupt because the gods are angry.

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A natural hazard occurs when natural physical processes become:

• dormant and inactive.

• extreme and unpredictable.

• scary!

• faster than usual.

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A tsunami is:

• a spinning windstorm that forms over the ocean with high wind speeds.

• a series of ocean waves usually following an earthquake or volcanic eruption.

• a vibration deep within the Earth or at its surface that causes cracking and subsidence.

• when magma rises through the Earth's surface and releases tons of ash and gases.

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