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Grade 5 Volcanoes
Steep-sided volcanoes composed of many layers of volcanic rocks, usually made from high-viscosity lava, ash and rock debris are called                    .
  1. Cinder Cones
  2. Composite Volcanoes
  3. Shield Volcanoes
  4. Lava Volcanoes
Grade 5 Volcanoes
A volcano shaped like a bowl in the middle with long gentle slopes made by basaltic lava flows is called                    .
  1. Cinder Cones
  2. Composite Volcanoes
  3. Shield Volcanoes
  4. Lava Volcanoes
Grade 5 Volcanoes
Circular or oval cones made up of small pieces of lava from a single vent (hole) that have been blown into the air, cooled and fallen around the vent is called                    .
  1. Cinder Cones
  2. Composite Volcanoes
  3. Shield Volcanoes
  4. Lava Volcanoes
Grade 5 Volcanoes
A volcano formed when erupting lava is too thick to flow and makes a steep-sided mound as the lava piles up near the volcanic vent is called                    .
  1. Cinder Cones
  2. Composite Volcanoes
  3. Shield Volcanoes
  4. Lava Domes
Grade 5 Volcanoes
A mountain that forms as molten rock flows from within Earth to the surface is a(n)                .
  1. earthquake
  2. epicenter
  3. delta
  4. volcano
Grade 5 Volcanoes
Molten rock that flows from a volcano onto Earth's surface is                .
  1. lava
  2. magma
  3. sediment
  4. sand
Grade 5 Volcanoes
A volcano is a mountain that forms as molten rock flows through a crack onto Earth's surface.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Volcanoes
Which of the following is a constructive force of nature?
  1. volcano
  2. tsunami
  3. hurricane
  4. erosion
Grade 5 Volcanoes
Volcanoes and earthquakes form in the                .
  1. biosphere
  2. atmosphere
  3. geosphere
  4. anthrosphere
Grade 5 Volcanoes
Which of the following scientists is studying volcanoes?
  1. pseudologist
  2. craniologist
  3. volcanologist
  4. meteorologist
Grade 5 Volcanoes
Lava is melted rock that is beneath Earth's surface.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Volcanoes
What type of volcano is considered "sleeping"?
  1. Active
  2. Dormant
  3. Extinct
  4. Napping
Grade 5 Volcanoes
The three main categories/stages of volcanoes are:          active         ,          dormant          , and           extinct          
Grade 5 Volcanoes
What is a skylight in relation to a volcano?