Volcanoes and Earth's Surface

A term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active and unlikely to erupt again.

• hot spot

• extinct

• dormant

• active

Most volcanoes are found at convergent and divergent plate boundaries.

• True

• False

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The name of scientists that study volcanoes.

• scientists

• volcanologists

• magmologists

• lavologists

The islands of Hawaii were created from a hot spot.

• True

• False

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This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• March Maddness

• Earthquake Alley

• Ring of Fire

• Circle of Death

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What is the difference between magma and lava?

• lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth

• lava is the chamber that magma flows

• lava is the Earth's crust

• lava has a different chemical composition than magma

What is subduction?

• one plate collides with another

• one plate destroys another

• one plate goes beneath another

• one plate divides another

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The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.

• cups

• plates

• dishes

• spoons

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The idea that Earth's crust is made up of separate plates that float on the upper mantle is the theory of what?

• Plate Tectonics

• Continental Drift

• Pangaea

• Transubstantiation

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Which of the following is not a classification of volcano?

• Shield

• Composite

• Magnate

• Cinder Cone