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5: Volcano Vocabulary Review
Test Description: Chapter 5: Volcanoes
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A mountain that forms in Earth’s crust when molten material, or magma, reaches the surface.
A
silica
B
volcano
C
caldera
D
Ring of Fire
2) A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle.
A
Ring of Fire
B
dormant
C
magma
D
lava
3) The name for magma that reaches the Earth’s surface.
A
lava
B
magma
C
crater
D
pipe
4) One major belt of volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean.
A
Active
B
Composite Volcano
C
Ring of Fire
D
Shield Volcano
5) A string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceanic plate beneath a second oceanic plate.
A
Vent
B
Island Arc
C
Sill
D
Caldera
6) An area where material from deep within Earth’s mantle rises through the crust and melts to form magma.
A
Volcanic Neck
B
Hot Spot
C
Divergent Boundary
D
Convergent Boundary
7) This is the pocket beneath a volcano where magma collects.
A
Sill
B
Magma Chamber
C
Composite Volcano
D
Dike
8) A long tube that extends from Earth’s crust up through the top of a volcano, connecting the magma chamber to Earth’s surface.
A
Crater
B
Pipe
C
Vent
D
Lava Plateau
9) An opening where molten rock and gas leave a volcano.
A
Crater
B
Vent
C
Hot Spot
D
Pipe
10) The spread of lava as it pours out of a vent.
A
Magma Chamber
B
Pipe
C
Lava Flow
D
Vent
11) A bowl-shaped area that may form at the top of a volcano around the central vent.
A
Vent
B
Magma
C
Crater
D
Pipe
12) A material found in magma that forms from the elements oxygen and silicon.
A
Sill
B
Silica
C
Dormant
D
Caldera
13) The mixture of hot gases, ash, cinders, and bombs that flow down the sides of a volcano when it erupts explosively.
A
Pyroclastic Flow
B
Sill
C
Hot Spot
D
Lava Flow
14) A sleeping volcano that scientists expect to awaken in the future and become active.
A
Active
B
Extinct
C
Erupting
D
Dormant
15) A dead volcano that is unlikely to ever erupt again.
A
Dormant
B
Extinct
C
Active
D
Erupting
16) The hole left when a volcano collapses.
A
Neck
B
Crater
C
Pipe
D
Caldera
17) A steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs piled up around a volcano’s opening.
A
Lava Plateau
B
Cinder Cone Volcano
C
Shield Volcano
D
Composite Volcano
18) Tall, cone-shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layers of ash.
A
Shield Volcano
B
Cinder Cone Volcano
C
Lava Plateau
D
Composite Volcano
19) A wide, gently sloping mountain made of layers of lava and formed by quiet eruptions.
A
Shield Volcano
B
Lava Plateau
C
Cinder Cone Volcano
D
Composite Volcano
20) A land feature that forms when magma hardens in a volcano’s pipe and the surrounding rock later wears away.
A
Vent
B
Pipe
C
Crater
D
Volcanic Neck
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