Volcanoes

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Science
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6th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When a volcano empties its magma chamber and the top collapses inward, what forms as a result?
Bigger magma chamber
Crater
Vent
Caldera
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How much of the Earth did volcanoes create?
60%
70%
80%
90%
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where do most of the eruptions occur on a divergent boundary?
Below the water
Above the water
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are hot spots?
Areas where the magma runs hotter than normal
Extremely volatile eruptions
Areas where eruptions occur away from plate boundaries
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Volcanoes that have not erupted in the last 10,000 years but are expected to again are what type of volcano?
Active
Dormant
Extinct
Dead
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How would you describe highly viscous magma?
Flowing & hot
Chunky & gobby
Thin & runny
Thick & sticky
Tags
NGSS.MS-PS1-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is molten rock that has reached the Earth's surface?
Aa
Lava
Magma
Pahoehoe
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