CLASSIFICATIONS OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

Question 1

Characterized by the gas-driven explosion that propels magma

Answer 1

Explosive eruptions

Question 2

Feature the outpouring of lava without significant explosive eruption

Answer 2

Effusive eruptions

Question 3

What are included in magmatic eruptions

Answer 3

• Hawaiian
• Strombolian
• Vulcanian
• Pelean
• Plinian

Question 4

What are included in phreatomagmatic eruptions

Answer 4

• Surtseyan
• Submarine
• Subglacial eruption

Question 5

What are included in Phreatic eruptions

Answer 5

• Steam blast eruptions

Question 6

Calmest of the eruption types

Answer 6

Hawaiian

Question 7

Eruptions driven by the bursting of gas bubbles within the magma

Answer 7

Strombolian

Question 8

Explosive eruption that occurs when the pressure of entrapped gases in a relatively viscous magma

Answer 8

Vulcanian

Question 9

Occurs when a large quantity of gas, dust, ash, and lava fragments

Answer 9

Pelean

Question 10

Considered the most explosive and powerful of all eruptions

Answer 10

Plinian

Question 11

Magma interacts with shallow surface water

Answer 11

Surtseyan

Question 12

Type of volcanic eruption that takes place beneath the surface of the water

Answer 12

Submarine

Question 13

Features the interaction between lava and ice often under a glacier

Answer 13

Subglacial Eruption

Question 14

Driven by explosive expanding steam resulting from cold ground or surface water

Answer 14

Phreatic eruptions