Flyers Ch 10 Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity Redmond ES

A lava flow with a surface of rough, jagged blocks and sharp, angular projections is called an

landform that develops at plate boundaries where one oceanic plate descends beneath another

What is true about all plutons?

The most explosive volcanic eruptions are associated with what type of volcano?

Which of the following is true about batholiths?

Which of the following is NOT a factor affecting how explosively or quietly a volcano erupts?

Most intraplate volcanic activity occurs where

A caldera is a

A lens-shaped intrusive igneous mass close to Earth's surface is called a

How are intrusive igneous bodies classified?

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a pyroclastic material?

Which of the following is true about cinder cones?

The largest intrusive igneous body is called a

Most of the active volcanoes on Earth are located in a belt known as the

Which of the following is NOT true about a batholith?

Horizontal intrusive igneous body formed when magma is injected parallel to sedimentary rock

Structures that form from coolling and hardening of magma beneath Earth's surface are

Most shield volcanoes have grown from the ocean floor to form

The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called

A magma's viscosity is directly related to its

Which of the following plays a major part in determining the form of a volcano

In general, an increase in the pressure exerted on a rock causes its melting temperature to

A volcanic bomb is a

Highly explosive volcanoes tend to have what type of magma?

Which of the following factors determine whether a volcano will erupt quietly or violently?

Landform formed when the the volcanic pie remains after the cone has been eroded

What type of volcano is built almost entirely from ejected lava fragments?

Which type of intrusive feature forms when magma is injected into fractures cutting across rock

A volcano that is fairly symmetrical and has both layers of lava and pyroclastic deposits is a

Lava plateaus form when

The volcanic landforms at divergent ocean plate boundaries are

Large particles of hardened lava ejected from a volcano are called

As the temperature of lava increases,