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The largest volcanoes are ______________ volcanoes
a) shield
b) cinder cones
c) composite
d) lava domes

Volcanoes that have alternating layers of lava and ash are known as
a) Composite/stratovolcanoes
b) cinder cones
c) shield
d) ashflow calderas

Quiete volcanoes that do not explode during eruptions are ______.
a) shield volcanoes
b) lava domes
c) composite/stratovolcanoes
d) cinder cones

Plate boundaries are the sites of
a) earthquakes
b) volcanoes
c) both earthquakes and volcanoes
d) neither earthquakes and volcanoes

The Mercalli scale measures
a) the damage done by an earthquake
b) the energy released by an earthquake
c) the number of earthquakes in an area
d) the depth of an earthquake

The Richter scale measures
a) the energy released by an earthquake
b) the damage caused by an earthquake
c) the number of earthquakes in an area
d) the depth of an earthquake

Subduction occurs when
a) oceanic crust slides under continental crust
b) continents collide
c) the seafloor spreads
d) at transform boundaries

Divergent boundaries occur when
a) plates spread apart
b) plates collide
c) plates slide past each other
d) plates subduct

An example of a hot spot volcano is _______
a) Hawaii
b) Mt. Saint Helens
c) Mt. Ranier
d) Paricutin

Volcanoes that are currently erupting are known as _____
a) active
b) dormant
c) extinct
d) lava domes

Extinct volcanoes
a) can no longer erupt
b) are sleeping
c) are no longer volcanoes
d) change form

Yellowstone is known as a(n) ________________
a) ashflow caldera
b) composite volcano
c) shield volcano
d) cinder cone

Molten material that has exited earth's crust is________.
a) lava
b) magma
c) a pyroclastic flow
d) silica

Molten material that is under earth's crust is _______
a) magma
b) lava
c) a pyroclastic flow
d) silica

Volcanoes occur most commonly at ______________
a) subduction zones
b) hot spots
c) at the mid-ocean ridge
d) divergent boundaries

Volcanoes that have explosive eruptions are ______.
a) Composite / stratovolcanoes
b) Cinder cones
c) Shield
d) lava domes

Sunset crater is an example of a __________volcano.
a) cinder cone
b) shield
c) composite
d) lava dome

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