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What is the name of the hot, melted rock inside a volcano before it erupts?
A) Lava
B) Crater
C) Magma
D) Ash
Answer: C) Magma
What do you call the top part of a mountain or volcano?
A) Peak
B) Crater
C) Tremors
D) Wasteland
Answer: A) Peak
Which word means a sudden and powerful shaking of the ground?
A) Avalanche
B) Tsunami
C) Tremors
D) Fissures
Answer: C) Tremors
What do you call a large wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption?
A) Avalanche
B) Tsunami
C) Landslide
D) Lava
Answer: B) Tsunami
Which of the following is a type of damage caused by a volcano?
A) Felled
B) Wreckage
C) Debris
D) Dormant
Answer: C) Debris
What is it called when a volcano is not currently active and not expected to erupt soon?
A) Erupting
B) Dormant
C) Wasteland
D) Face
Answer: B) Dormant
Which of these is the area where volcanic ash and debris come out during an eruption?
A) Crater
B) Peak
C) Magma
D) Fissures
Answer: A) Crater
What term describes a sudden fall of rocks or soil down a slope?
A) Avalanche
B) Tremors
C) Landslide
D) Peak
Answer: C) Landslide
What is the term for the study of volcanoes and their activity?
A) Geologists
B) Volcanologists
C) Meteorologists
D) Biologists
Answer: B) Volcanologists
Which word refers to the large, broken pieces left after a disaster?
A) Face
B) Wasteland
C) Wreckage
D) Peak
Answer: C) Wreckage
Which of these means "to fall or be knocked down"?
A) Tremors
B) Felled
C) Fissures
D) Dormant
Answer: B) Felled
What do you call the cracked parts of the earth's surface?
A) Lava
B) Fissures
C) Ash
D) Debris
Answer: B) Fissures
What word describes the fine particles of rock that come from a volcanic eruption?
A) Ash
B) Lava
C) Magma
D) Wasteland
Answer: A) Ash
Which word best describes a place that has been destroyed or made empty by a natural disaster?
A) Peak
B) Wasteland
C) Dormant
D) Crater
Answer: B) Wasteland
What is the name for the glowing, liquid rock that flows from a volcano during an eruption?
A) Magma
B) Lava
C) Debris
D) Crater
Answer: B) Lava
The a_____ from the volcano covered the town, making everything look gray.
Ash
After the heavy snow, a huge a _____ came down the mountain, causing damage to the houses below.
Avalanche
The c____ of the volcano is very deep and filled with smoke and rocks.
Crater
After the storm, there was so much d_____ in the yard that we had to spend hours cleaning it up.
Debris
The volcano was e_____, and red lava was flowing down its sides.
Erupting
When you climb to the _____ of the mountain, you can see the whole valley below.
Face
The strong winds _____ many trees, making the path through the forest difficult.
Felled
The _____ study volcanoes to understand how and why they erupt.
Volcanologists
After the underwater earthquake, a giant _____ raced toward the shore, causing panic.
Tsunami
The heavy rain caused _____ that blocked the road and trapped cars on the hill.
Landslides