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Volcanoes and Igneous Rock Features - 18 Questions
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6 Written Questions
Area where one plate moves under another plate
Opening in the Earth's surface that often forms a mountain when materials such as lava and/or tephra build up.
Very large hardened magma chamber
Thickness of the lava
Materials such as ash, cinders, lava bombs that are expelled from a volcano during an eruption
Intrusive igneous rock body formed when magma is squeezed into a vertical crack that cuts across rock layers and solidifies
6 Multiple Choice Questions
Volcano with gently sloping sides that is composed of layers of lava
Volcano
Shield volcano
Stratovolcano
Composite volcano
Magma that rose up between rock layers and hardened, but never formed a volcano
Viscosity
Lava
Batholith
Lacolith
Molten rock that is above the Earth's surface
Magma
Dike
Lava
Sill
areas in the Earth's mantle that are hotter than then neighboring areas, where magma rises toward the crust and forms volcanoes
Sill
Volcano
Batholith
Hot spot
Molten rock that is below the Earth's surface
Magma
Sill
Dike
Lava
Volcano formed when tephra accumulates on the sides and forms a steep-sided cone
Composite volcano
Stratovolcano
Shield volcano
Cinder cone volcano
6 True/False Question
Sill
→ Intrusive igneous rock body formed when magma is squeezed into a vertical crack that cuts across rock layers and solidifies
True
False
Caldera
→ Formed when the volcano collapses
True
False
Volcanic neck
→ Opening in the Earth's surface that often forms a mountain when materials such as lava and/or tephra build up.
True
False
Composite volcano
→ Volcano that is composed of layers of tephra and lava
True
False
Magma chamber
→ Area below the volcano that holds the magma
True
False
Stratovolcano
→ Volcano with gently sloping sides that is composed of layers of lava
True
False
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