Quiz about Kilauea Volcano

Question 1

What type of volcano is wide and flat, created by layers of lava flow?

Accepted Answer

Shield

Answer

Cinder Cone

Answer

Composite

Question 2

What type of volcano is made of ash and cinders from pyroclastic flow?

Accepted Answer

Cinder Cone

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Shield

Answer

Composite

Question 3

What type of volcano is Kilauea, which is located above a hot spot where layers of lava continuously flow?

Accepted Answer

Shield

Answer

Cinder Cone

Answer

Composite

Question 4

What type of volcano is Mount St. Helens, a tall volcano composed of layers of lava and cinders?

Accepted Answer

Composite

Answer

Shield

Answer

Cinder Cone

Question 5

Which type of volcano forms due to a series of quiet eruptions?

Accepted Answer

Shield

Answer

Cinder Cone

Answer

Composite

Question 6

Which type of volcano forms due to alternating quiet and explosive eruptions which form layers?

Accepted Answer

Composite

Answer

Shield

Answer

Cinder Cone

Question 7

Which type of volcano is steep and cone-shaped with a bowl-shaped crater?

Accepted Answer

Cinder Cone

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Shield

Answer

Composite

Question 8

What type of volcano is this?

Accepted Answer

Cinder Cone

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Shield

Answer

Composite

Question 9

What type of volcano is this?

Accepted Answer

Composite

Answer

Shield

Answer

Cinder Cone

Question 10

What type of volcano is this?

Accepted Answer

Shield

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Cinder Cone

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Composite

Question 11

If lava has low viscosity, which adjectives best describe it?

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Runny, Smooth, Flows Easily

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Thick, Jagged, Flows Slowly

Question 12

If lava has high viscosity, which type of eruption will likely result?

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Explosive

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Quiet

Question 13

Cinder cone volcanoes have which type of eruption?

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Explosive eruptions with pyroclastic flow.

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Quiet eruptions with lava flows.

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Alternating quiet and explosive eruptions.

Question 14

Which word describes molten rock that is below the crust?

Accepted Answer

Magma

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Lava

Question 15

Which type of lava has low viscosity and flows smoothly, forming wrinkles and coils?

Accepted Answer

Pahoehoe

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A'a

Question 16

Which type of lava has high viscosity, flows slowly, and has a rough, jagged surface?

Accepted Answer

A'a

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Pahoehoe

Question 17

As temperature increases, viscosity...

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decreases.

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increases.

Question 18

If lava contains more silica, its viscosity...

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increases.

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decreases.

Question 19

Which word describes molten rock that is above the crust?

Accepted Answer

Lava

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Magma

Question 20

Paracutin (the volcano that formed quickly in a farmer's field due to ash, cinders, and bombs building up around the vent) is a __________ volcano.

Accepted Answer

Cinder Cone

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Shield

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Composite

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