NoBrainTooSmall Year 10 Earth Science Flashcards

1

What is the hole called in the top of a volcano?

vent
crater
cone
hole

2

What is magma called when it is outside of a volcano?

sticky rock
Saliva
Lava
Still Magma

3

Where would you find magma?

Erupting from a volcano
In a Lahar
Underground
In lava Bombs

4

What is the approximate temperature of the inner core?

50,000 degrees celcius
50 degrees celcius
5,000 degrees celcius
500 degrees celcius

5

Name the 2 tectonic plates that NZ sits on?

Pacific and Australian
Pacific and Pan-Pacific
Pacific and Asian
Pacific and American

6

Who first proposed the theory of plate tectonics?

Anihana
Alfred Wegener
Albert Einstien
Ernest Rutherford

7

Name this Volcano

Mount Doom
Durie Hill
Mount Everest
Mount Ngauruhoe

8

What drives the movement of tectonic plates?

Invection Currents
Magma
The Sun
Convection Currents

9

What are the possible effects of a volcanic eruption?

Floods and sulfuric gases
Pyroclastic flows and Lahars
All of these
Lava flows and ash

10

If you study Volcanoes, you are a

Volcaniser
Volcanologist
Geologist
Vulcan

11

Name the 4 layers that make up the Earth.

Crust, Crumbs, Magma, Inner Crust
Crust, Core, Mantle, Magma
Crust, Core, Inner Mantle, Outer Mantle
Crust, Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle

12

Mt Tarawera in Rotorua erupted on June 10, 1886 spewing ash, destroying three villages and…

making mini mountains throughout Rotorua
destroyed the pink and white terraces
created Lake Rotorua
destroyed NZ’s largest native forest

13

What type of Volcano is Taupo?

Dome Volcano
Caldera Volcano
Cone Volcano
Shield Volcano

14

New Zealand is part of the....

Fire of Volcanoes
Circle of Fire
Ring of Volcanoes
Ring of Fire

15

What is Earth's approximate radius?

2000km
6000km
10000km
40000km

NoBrainTooSmall Year 10 Earth Science

Questions 15

NoBrainTooSmall Year 10 Earth Science

Questions 15