All about Volcanoes

Test 1. Identify the type of eruption exhibited by the illustrations below.

Write your answer in the corresponding box.

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Test 2. Read the questions below about volcanoes. Encircle the letter of the
correct answer.

5. What is a shield volcano?

1. What is magma?
a) A type of volcano that is tall
a) A type of drink
and steep
b) A type of rock that comes out
b) A type of volcano that is
of a volcano
short and wide
c) Molten rock that is found
c) A type of volcano that is
beneath the Earth's surface
cone-shaped

2. What is the difference

6. What is a volcano?
between magma and lava?
a) A type of tree
a) Magma is hotter than lava
b) A type of mountain that
b) Lava is thicker than magma
spews out hot rocks and ash
c) Magma is found beneath the
c) A type of animal
Earth's surface, while lava is found
above ground
7. What is a cinder cone
volcano?
3. What is a composite volcano?
a) A type of volcano that is tall
a) A type of volcano that is tall
and steep
and steep
b) A type of volcano that is
b) A type of volcano that is short
short and wide
and wide
c) A type of volcano that is
c) A type of volcano that is cone-
cone-shaped
shaped

8. What is the most important

4. What is an eruption?
thing to do if you live near a
a) When a volcano becomes
volcano?
inactive
a) Take a picture
b) When a volcano releases lava,
b) Ignore it
ash, and gases
c) Listen to emergency officials
c) When a volcano collapses in on
and follow their instructions for
itself
evacuation or sheltering in place.
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Parts of the Volcano