QUIZ 3.1 - VOLCANISM

The semi-molten rock underneath a volcano is called ____________

• geyser

• lahar

• lava

• magma

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Active volcanoes are most likely to be found ___________

• in convergent boundaries

• in the Pacific Ring of Fire

• where tectonic plates pull apart

• in transformed boundaries

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When magma is thick with more dissolved gas, we can expect the volcanic eruption to be a/an _______

• oozing ash and lava

• lava frothing over the crater

• spewing water like a geyser

• violent ejection of ash and lava

The most violent type of volcanic eruption is ____________

• Plinian

• Pelean

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian

Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii is a low and broad volcano. This type of volcano that is formed from loose and fluid lava that flows over each other is called ___________

• cinder cone

• shield volcano

• stratovolcano

• submarine volcano

Which of the following formations would most likely result from a single violent volcanic eruption?

• caldera

• shield volcano

• stratovolcano

• cinder cone

Which is true about volcanoes in the Philippines?

• they are always big.

• they erupt violently.

• they all have perfect cones.

• they are parts of the Pacific Ring of Fire

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a volcano?

• The movement of the Earth's crust by the movement of plate boundaries

• A mountain created by the folding of the Earth's crust

• A cone-shaped mountain or hill formed by eruptions of lava and ash

• A landform that extends above the surrounding terrain

Violent eruptions caused by the introduction of water into superheated magma is called ____

• Phreatomagmatic

• Strombolian

• Phreatic

• Pelean

Magma's resistance to flow, or how thick it is, is called _________

• volcanism

• viscosity

• pyroclastic flow

• convection

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