Volcanic Eruptions

What is the term for a fluid's tendency to resist flow?

• Movement

• Silica

• Pressure

• Viscosity

This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• Circle of Fire
• Ring of Lava
• Ring of Fire
• Circle of Magma

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Where is Mt. St Helens located?

• New Jersey
• Nebraska
• Washington state
• I didn't learn this so I give up 

This city was destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

• Rome

• Munich

• Pompeii

• Naples

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The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?

• Divergent Boundary

• Hot Spot

• Subduction Boundary

• Transform Boundary

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What are solid rock fragments that are ejected during a volcanic eruption?

• Lahar

• Magma

• Pyroclastic Material

• Silica

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A volcano that had its last eruption more than 10,000 years ago.

• Extinct Volcano

• Sleeping Volcano

• Active Volcano

• Quiet Volcano

Is a substance formed by the chemical combination of oxygen and silicon atoms.

• Silica

• Silica Oxide

• Silica Acid

• Magma

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Takes place when the gas bubbles within magma are gently dissipated to the surface, causing the magma to flow very easily.

• Quiet eruptions

• Explosive eruptions

• Pahoehoe

• A's

As the temperature of lava increases, ________

• its viscosity decrease
• it begins to harden
• its viscosity increases
• it can flow a much short distance

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