- 1. What percent of the earth is covered by the continents?
A) 3% B) 21% C) 12% D) 29%
- 2. What is a fissure in the earth's surface called where magma can be expelled?
A) volcano B) vent C) magma D) conduit
- 3. What is a funnel shaped pit called near the top of a volcano?
A) lava flow B) rift zone C) fissure D) crater
- 4. What is it called when a crater forms around a collapsed volcano vent?
A) parasitic vent B) caldera C) magma chamber D) cinder zone
- 5. Yellowstone National Park is one of these.
A) hot spot B) subduction zone C) rift zone D) magma chamber
- 6. A volcano made from pyroclastic material, with steep slopes, is called a _____.
A) composite volcano B) cinder cone volcano C) shield volcano D) ring of fire
- 7. A volcano built by layers of lava, with gently sloping sides, is called a _____.
A) shield volcano B) composite volcano C) hot spot D) cinder cone volcano
- 8. A volcano marked by explosive eruptions with a wide base and steep slopes, is called a _____.
A) shield volcano B) composite volcano C) caldera D) cinder cone volcano
- 9. What two factors increase as you go deeper into the earth?
A) heat and water temperature B) heat and pressure C) magma and lava D) pressure and magnetic polarity
- 10. What is a passage through which magma flows in a volcano called?
A) hallway B) drain vent C) dike D) conduit
- 11. What sort of cloud can form in the air after some volcanic eruptions called?
A) ash cloud B) thunderstorm C) volcanic bomb cloud D) lava cloud
- 12. Before lava reaches the surface, the molten material is called _____.
A) volcanic ash B) rock C) magma D) basalt
- 13. Volcanoes belts form along _____.
A) earth's plate boundaries B) areas of elliptical fault lines C) islands D) all mountain ranges
- 14. The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is an example of a _____.
A) Ring of Fire B) hot spots C) diverging plate boundaries D) continental drift
- 15. The volcano that may erupt again at some time in the future is called _____.
A) extinct B) dormant C) explosive D) active
- 16. What causes small earthquakes that occur around a volcano before it erupts?
A) plate tectonics B) upward movement of magma C) volcanic bombs D) steam from boiling water
- 17. Magma that squeezes into cracks between rock layers and then hardens is called a _____.
A) caldera B) sill C) batholith D) vent
- 18. A very large, intrusive, rock formation is called a _____.
A) sill B) dike C) mountain D) batholith
- 19. Rocks that form when magma cools underground are called _____.
A) sedimentary B) mudstone C) extrusive D) intrusive
- 20. Volcano only refers to the erupting magma and the lava flows it creates.
A) true B) false
- 21. The smallest and most common type of volcano is the _____.
A) cinder cone B) composite C) stratovolcano D) shield
- 22. A stratovolcano and a composite volcano are the same type of volcano.
A) false B) true
- 23. A ground hugging avalanche of hot ash, pumice, rock fragments, and volcanic gas that rushes down the side of a volcano is called a _____.
A) pyroclastic flow B) lava flood C) ash cloud D) parasitic event
- 24. A lahar is the same thing as a volcanic mud flow.
A) false B) true
- 25. Pyroclastic fall refers to all but one of the following rocks. Which one does not belong on this list?
A) gneiss B) tuff C) bombs D) ash
- 26. The most common gas released by magma is called _____.
A) carbon dioxide B) hydrochloric acid C) water D) sulfur dioxide
- 27. One thing that geologists monitor to predict volcanic eruptions is earthquakes.
A) false B) true
- 28. One thing that geologists monitor to predict volcanic eruptions is the transpiration of water.
A) false B) true
- 29. One of the following is NOT a volcanic rock. Which one does not belong on this list?
A) laccolith B) pumice C) scoria D) obsidian
- 30. Old Faithful In Yellowstone National Park is an example of a _____.
A) mineral spray B) extrusion C) hot spring D) geyser
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