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1
What type of volacano is the most dangerous?
Hawaiian
Cinder Cone
Compostie
Shield
2
Weak Internal Rock Slope is indicated by...
High Water content, bedding planes parallel to slope
The shape of the slope
How much dirt is on the slope
The looseness of the soil and dry dirt
3
To stablalize a slope you should remove the materials at the base of the hill.
True
False
4
Why are there so many landslides in California?
Rainfall
Clay Rich and Oceanic material
Wildfires and Vegetation
The man upstairs wants there to be
5
This rock is in the middle of visocilty and silica compared to all the other rock types.
Baslate
Andesite
Rhyolite
Granite
6
What is the perfect parallel plain for a slope?
1:2
1:3
3:1
2:1
7
Lumpy lobe shape is a way to recognize a creep.
True
False
8
What is an avalanch of gas and rock as it travels down the volcano?
Landslide
Avalanch
Mud Slide
Paraclastic flow
9
A landslide cause St. Helens to Erupt in 1980.
False
True
10
Frank Alberta, Canada landslide trapped 17 minors.
True
False
11
What is the angle of repose?
The angle at which the slope is no longer stable
The lowest the slope can go
The steepest angle a slope is stable
The steepest a slope can be
12
Define Visocity.
The hardness of the magma when it cools down
The thickness of magma and the Resistance to flow
The speed and the tempeture of the magma
The tempeture of the magma when it reaches the surface
13
A paraclastic flow burried Hercculanium and Pompeii?
False
True
14
What should you do if a volcano is predicted to erupt?
Stop, Drop, and Roll
Lock, Lights, Out of Sight
Jump into a river so then the lava wouldn't get you
Pack up your things and go move to grandmas
15
Avoid, Adapt, Alter, and Avert are the different mitigation stratigies?
False
True
16
What landslide caused water to spill over a dam and into the village
Mississippi River
Sanke River
Yungay, Preu
Vaiont, Italy
17
A Shield Cone is long and mostly flat
True
False
18
What Eruption is explosive and can shoot ash up into the Stratosphere?
Plinian
Hawaiian
Strao
Stromboli
19
Hawaii is located on a convergent boundary?
False
True
20
What factor(s) lead to mass wasting
steep slope
excavation
clay layers
lack of vegetation
21
Magma can come from what?
Melting of rock
The melting of rock that then turns into mud when it mixes with water
An pool of lava in the ocean
Melting and cooling of water
22
A compostie volcano is small and square?
False
True
23
Signs of soon eruption of Volcanoes
ground swelling
Water levels droping
Earthquakes
gas emition
24
A cinder cone volcano is large and has steep slopes?
False
True
25
What can happen due to a volcano eruption?
Hurricanes
Tsunamies
Climate Change
Landslides
26
What type of landslide slides along an existing flat surface?
Rock Fall
Rock Toppel
Debris Flow
Tansitional
27
What rock type is low in silica and a dark color and has low viscosity?
Sedimentary
Basalt
Rhyolite
Andisite
28
What volcano was the biggest and changed the worlds Climate for a few years?
Pinatubo 1991
Mt. Vesuvius 79 AD
Tambora 1815
Mt. St. Helens 1980
29
Why are there a lot of volanoes on the "Ring of Fire?"
It is made up of transformed boundaries and there are no subduction zones
It is made up of divergent boundaries and has subduction zones
It is made up of convergent boundaries and there are no subduction zones
It is made up of convergent boundaires and has subduction zones
30
A Volcano will be more explisive if it has low gas levels and low visocity?
True
False
31
What should you do if there is a landslide?
Board up your windows and stay away from the ocean
Hide in the basement
Hide under the table
Evacuate/ Move to higher grounds
32
What Mass Wasting was caused to do an earthquake
Thistel, Utah
Yungay, Peru
Ice Age
Vaiont, Italy
33
A mixture of mud, debris and water without a slip plane is what type of mass wasting?
Creep
Rock Fall
Slump
Flow
34
The rock with the highest visocisty is...
Rhyolite
Basalt
Granite
Andesite
35
What should you do as a volcano scientist?
Live in the Volcanic river valley, near the volcano, or downwind from it
Tight Rope walk across the volcano
Make camp on the top of the volcano
Don't Live in the Volcanic river valley, near the volcano, or downwind
36
What is Ice Wedging?
Placing Ice inbetween 2 pieces of bread
It is a salad made out of ice
Someone placing ice into a crake and then breaking it like wood
Water getting into cracks of a rock, then the freezing and thawing of ice
