Starter quiz

  • What is a volcano?
    • A mountain with steep sides
    • A crack or opening in Earth's surface from where lava can be emitted  ✓
    • A sudden trembling of the ground
    • A gigantic wave caused by an earthquake
  • Huge pieces of Earth's crust, shown on this map, are called...
    Huge pieces of Earth's crust, shown on this map, are called...
    • continents
    • countries
    • land and sea
    • tectonic plates  ✓
  • True or False: all volcanoes are dangerous
    • True
    • False ✓
  • The red highlighted horse-shoe shaped line on this map is home to 75% of Earth's volcanoes. What is it called?
    The red highlighted horse-shoe shaped line on this map is home to 75% of Earth's volcanoes. What is it called?
    • The ring of volcanoes
    • The ring of fire  ✓
    • The ring of lava
    • The ring of eruptions
  • Volcanoes are formed when two tectonic plates come towards one another. What is the geographical term for this?
    • converge  ✓
    • contain
    • complex
    • contract
  • When a volcano explodes, the geographical name for this is a volcanic...
    • 'eruption' ✓
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