bulkanology test 2

Question 1

an opening on a volcano where a conduit or pipe terminates

Answer 1

vent

Question 2

____ or PIPE, is a circular pipe where magma movement is localized

Answer 2

conduit

Question 3

a funnel shaped depression found at the summit of most volcanoes

Answer 3

crater

Question 3

a small cone shaped volcano formed from a flank eruption from the main volcano

Answer 3

parasitic cone

Question 4

a large underground region of magma that supplies the volcano

Answer 4

magma chamber

Question 5

produced by the accumulation of fluid basaltic lavas and exhibit the shape of a broad, slightly domed structured that resembles a warriors shield

Answer 5

shield volcano

Question 6

also called composite volcano, built from interlayered tephra and lava flows, generally products of gas rich andesitic magma (considered as most dangerous and eruptive)

Answer 6

strato volcano

Question 7

composed mostly of loose ejected ash, and some lava, appearing relatively symmetrical and steeply built with large deep craters with mlst being produced by a single eruptive event.

Answer 7

pyroclastic cones

Question 8

dominantly composed of vesicular, basaltic material

Answer 8

scoria cones

Question 9

most common type of volcano

Answer 9

cinder cones

Question 10

a large depression >1km in diameter, typically caused by collapes of the summit area of a volcano following a violent eruption, or due to depletion of the magma chamber followng the collapse of the overlying material due to the absence of supporting underlying material

Answer 10

caldera

Question 11

a volcano that had an eruptive history that reached vei 8

Answer 11

super volcano

Question 12

usa wyoming super volcano

Answer 12

yellowstone super volcano