VOLCANISM QUIZ

Also known as effusive eruption.

• Explosive eruption

• Quiet eruption

A classification of volcanic eruption that produces steam of hot water heated by magma.

• lava fountain

• phreatomagnetic eruption

• Hawaiian eruption

• phreatic eruption

One of the least violent explosive eruptions consisting of runny basaltic or basaltic-andesite lava spurted out of a magma-covered opening.

• Hawaiian eruption

• Vulcanian eruption

• Strombolian eruption

• Plinian eruption

A Hawaiian term for a thin, basaltic lava that cools down very slowly and evolves into layers of smooth and ropy lava surfaces when hardened.

• Blocky lava

• Pahoehoe

• 'A'a

• Pillow lava

A classification of volcanic eruption that produces hot water steam and magmatic gases that explode violently into the atmosphere.

• lava fountain

• phreatomagnetic eruption

• Hawaiian eruption

• phreatic eruption

A quiet eruption of lava that runs down the flanks of a volcano.

• lava flow

• lava fountain

• lava dome

• phreatic eruption

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Hawaiian eruptions derive its name from the Hawaiian volcano ______________

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

It is formed by the eruptions of submarine volcanoes at mid-ocean ridges

• Blocky lava

• Pahoehoe

• 'A'a

• Pillow lava

A Hawaiian term for thick lava that cools down quickly and has a tendency to turn into jagged pieces of rock with rough and spiky surfaces.

• Blocky lava

• Pahoehoe

• 'A'a

• Pillow lava

It is considered as the most violent type of explosive eruption.

• Strombolian eruption

• Hawaiian eruption

• Vulcanian eruption

• Plinian eruption