Volcanoes

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Volcanoes that are made of basalt lava flows are called _____.

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shield volcanoes

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About 75 percent of the world’s volcanoes are found around the Atlantic Ocean basin, along the mid-Atlantic ridge, around the Pacific Ocean basin, throughout the American Northwest.

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around the Pacific Ocean basin.

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A line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the

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Ring of Fire

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This volcano is most likely which type of volcano? Options: Felsic, Composite, Shield, Cinder cone

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Shield

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What is a determining factor in which type of eruption will occur? Options: the chemistry of the magma, the size of the mountain, the climate around the volcano, the number of people living near the volcano

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the chemistry of the magma

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A line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the 

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Ring of Fire

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A huge hole left behind when a volcano collapses is a __________.

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caldera

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A low silica volcano makes what type of explosion?

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quiet eruption

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A high silica volcano makes what type of an explosive?

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explosive eruption

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What is the spread of lava as it pours out of a vent? Options: magma chamber, pipe, lava flow, crater

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lava flow