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Volcanoes-Selection Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____1. Categorize and Classify-Which of the following describes the sequence of events
before, during, and after a volcanic eruption?
a. Lava flows out, the lava cools and
c. The magma pushes up through the
hardens into rock, magma pushes up
earths crust, lava flows out, the lava
through the earths crust.
cools and hardens into rock.
b. The lava cools and hardens into rock, d. None of the above.
magma pushes up through the
earths crust.
____2. What is an extinct volcano?
a. Volcanoes that erupts every few
c. Volcanoes that no longer erupt.
years.
b. Volcanoes that erupt occasionally.
d. Volcanoes that blow off an entire
mountain top.
____3. A synonym for summit
a. The base of a mountain
c. A crater
b. The top of a mountain
d. an eruption
____4. An antonym for extinct
a. active
c. dead
b. dormant
d. inactive
____5. A synonym for strato volcano
a. cinder cone
c. dome
b. shield
d. composite
Vocabulary
Match the definition to the correct vocabulary word.
a. hot melted rock underneath the earth's surface1. 1. cinders
2. 2. crater
b. made liquid by heat
3. 3. crust
c. a bowl-shaped depression
4. 4. eruption
d. the top of a mountain
5. 5. lava
e. a solid outer layer of earth
6. 6. magma
f. a volcanic explosion or large flow of lava
7. 7. molten
g. charred bits of rock; ashes
8. 8. summit
h. hot melted rock that flows from a volcano

Completion
Complete each sentence or statement with the correct vocabulary word.1. 1. cinders
9. When a volcano blows its top, a large hole or _____ may be 2.
formed.
2. crater
10. The pizza's ____ was delicious.
3. 3. crust
11. The hikers tried to reach the _____, or top of the mountain. 4. 5. lava
12. ____ from the camper's campfire started a major brushfire.6. 6. magma
13. The earth's ___ is the outer layer of earth.
7. 7. molten
14. The _____metal was made into a sword.
8. 8. summit
15. The _____ flowed for several miles before it cooled.