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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is wide and flat, created by layers of lava flow?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 2. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is made of ash and cinders from pyroclastic flow?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 3. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is Kilauea, which is located above a hot spot where layers of lava continuously flow?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 4. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is Mount St. Helens, a tall volcano composed of layers of lava and cinders?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which type of volcano forms due to a series of quiet eruptions?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which type of volcano forms due to alternating quiet and explosive eruptions which form layers?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which type of volcano is steep and cone-shaped with a bowl-shaped crater?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 8. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is this?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 9. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is this?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of volcano is this?
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
- 11. Multiple Choice
If lava has low viscosity, which adjectives best describe it?
Runny, Smooth, Flows Easily
Thick, Jagged, Flows Slowly
- 12. Multiple Choice
If lava has high viscosity, which type of eruption will likely result?
Quiet
Explosive
- 13. Multiple Choice
Cinder cone volcanoes have which type of eruption?
Quiet eruptions with lava flows.
Explosive eruptions with pyroclastic flow.
Alternating quiet and explosive eruptions.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which word describes molten rock that is below the crust?
Lava
Magma
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which type of lava has low viscosity and flows smoothly, forming wrinkles and coils?
Pahoehoe
A'a
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which type of lava has high viscosity, flows slowly, and has a rough, jagged surface?
Pahoehoe
A'a
- 17. Multiple Choice
As temperature increases, viscosity...
increases.
decreases.
- 18. Multiple Choice
If lava contains more silica, its viscosity...
increases.
decreases.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which word describes molten rock that is above the crust?
Lava
Magma
- 20. Multiple Choice
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.
Shield
Cinder Cone
Composite
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