Basics AR

Question 0

What is the hot rock that comes out of a volcano called?

Answer 0

Lava

Question 1

What happens when a volcano erupts?

Answer 1

It shoots out red hot liquid

Question 2

True or False? When lava cools, it builds up the sides of the volcano into a mountain.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What starts a volcano?

Answer 3

A gas in magma makes it burst out of the earth

Question 4

What is the top if a volcano called?

Answer 4

Crater

Question 5

What are the sides of a volcano called?

Answer 5

The cone

Question 6

What is magma called once it reaches the outside of the volcano?

Answer 6

Lava

Question 7

If lava is thick and runs downhill very slowly, will it build up steep or gently sloping sides?

Answer 7

Steep, line Mount Fuji in Japan

Question 8

If lava is thin, will it build up steep or gently sloping sides?

Answer 8

Gently sloping like Mauna Loa in Hawaii

Question 9

Are some volcanoes built up from under the ocean?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What is a long, curving line of islands called?

Answer 10

An island arc

Question 11

What are volcanoes that erupt regularly called?

Answer 11

Active

Question 12

Do some volcanoes erupt softly and others erupt violently?

Answer 12

Yes.

Question 13

Can the ash from a volcano crush a house?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

Can volcanoes be useful?

Answer 14

Yes, ash and lava can make soil good for farming and heat from volcanoes can help heat water for power stations

Question 15

What is a volcanologist?

Answer 15

A scientist who studies volcanoes

Question 16

What does it mean if a volcano is dormant?

Answer 16

It is sleeping or has not erupted in many years

Question 17

What does it mean if a volcano is extinct?

Answer 17

It will never erupt again

Question 18

About 2000 years ago, a volcano erupted in Pompeii Italy. What was it’s name?

Answer 18

Mount Vesuvius

Question 19

Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the top of an underwater volcano. What is special about it?

Answer 19

It is taller than Mt Everest