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Which volcano is cone shaped and tall?
a) Shield
b) Cinder Cone
c) Composite
d) Caldera
Which is NOT a characteristic of an explosive eruption?
a) it is high in silica
b) the magma is thick and sticky
c) trapped gases escape easily
d) hurls ash, cinders, and bombs into the air
Which type of volcano has quiet eruptions?
a) Shield
b) Cinder Cone
c) Composite
d) Stratovolcano
What is the hazard level if the volcano is sleeping but may awaken someday?
a) Active
b) Dormant
c) Endangered
d) Extinct
Which type of volcano tends to erode quickly due to loose materials?
a) Shield
b) Cinder Cone
c) Composite
d) Stratovolcano
What is the hazard level if the volcano is dead?
a) Active
b) Endangered
c) Dormant
d) Extinct
Which type of volcano is also called a stratovolcano?
a) Shield volcano
b) Cinder Cone volcano
c) Composite volcano
d) Caldera
What does a tiltmeter measure?
a) Volcanic gases by measuring how light passes through them
b) If a magma chamber is swelling by detecting changes in the slope
c) The arrival of seismic waves
d) The magnitude of seismic waves
A volcano will have a quiet eruption if
a) it is low in silica
b) it has thin or runny lava
c) the trapped gases escape easily
d) all of these
What does a spectrometer measure?
a) If the magma chamber is swelling by detecting changes in the slope
b) The volcanic gases by measuring how light passes through them
c) The arrival of seismic waves
d) The magnitude of seismic waves
What is the hazard level for a volcano that is the most immediate threat?
a) Active
b) Dormant
c) Extinct
d) Endangered
Which type of volcano is formed by ash, cinders, and bombs?
a) Shield volcano
b) Cinder Cone Volcano
c) Composite Volcano
d) Stratovolcano
Which type of volcano is formed by alternating layers of lava and ash?
a) Shield volcano
b) Caldera
c) Cinder Cone Volcano
d) Composite Volcano
What landform occurs when the top of a volcano collapses?
a) lava plateau
b) hot spot
c) caldera
d) shield volcano
Volcanoes are found
a) at divergent boundaries
b) at convergent boundaries
c) far from plate boundaries
d) all of these
An area when the plate moves over a plume creating a chain of volcanoes is called a(n)
a) a caldera
b) a lava plateau
c) a hot spot
d) a seamount
Molten rock, gases, and water from the mantles is called
a) a hot spot
b) a caldera
c) lava
d) magma
Magma that reaches the surface is called
a) lava
b) a caldera
c) a lava plateau
d) hot spot
An example of a shield volcano is
a) Mount Etna
b) Kilauea
c) Mount Saint Helens
d) Mount Fuji
A structure that forms in Earth's crust when magma reaches the surface is called a(n)
a) a hot spot
b) volcano
c) lava plateau
d) caldera
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