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1
Weak point in the earth's crust where magma is forced through the surface:
caldera
soft spot
mantle
hot spot
2
Gasses trapped in magma include all of the following except
oxygen
water vapor
sulfur dioxide
carbon dioxide
3
Hot, molten rock that has erupted into water or the atmosphere:
magma
lava
plasma
carbon dioxide
4
Which would NOT form a volcano?
hot spot
divergent boundary
oceanic/continental convergent boundary
continental/continental convergent boundary
5
Steep-sided, narrow based volcano:
cinder cone
composite
geyser
shield
6
When one tectonic plate sinks beneath another:
stack
transform fault
subduction zone
divergent boundary
7
All volcanoes form at plate boundaries:
False
True
8
You can run faster than a pyroclastic flow:
True
False
9
A liquid's resistance to flow is
viscosity
volcanic ash
pulverized stone
explosive
10
A rush of gasses, ash and debris flowing down the side of a volcano:
plume
pyroclastic flow
lava fountain
lava tube
11
Viscosity of magma is based on its
silica content
shape
rock base
trapped gas
12
A volcano that erupts explosively sometimes, and quietly sometimes:
shield
indecisive
cinder
composite
13
Type of volcano common along convergent boundaries
cinder cone
composite
shield
caldera
14
Hot, molten rock inside the earth:
sedimentary rock
lava
magma
bacon
15
The "Ring of Fire" circles which ocean?
Antarctic
Indian
Atlantic
Pacific
16
Air quality is a serious effect of
pyroclastic flows
lava flow
ash fall
mudflows
17
What type of volcano is Hawaii?
shield
composite
cinder cone
stratovolcano
18
A large depression formed when a volcano's summit collapses is a
composite volcano
shield volcano
calderda
cinder cone volcano
19
A lot of trapped gasses would make a ______________ explosion.
quiet, small
large, violent
nuclear
shield-like
20
Element that makes magma "sticky" and traps lots of gasses:
silver
silica
oxygen
carbon