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1
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The study of volcanoes is called??

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Volcanology

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black smokers also know as?

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Deep sea vents

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Are place where two plates usually an oceanic plate and a continental plate collide

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Convergent plate boundaries

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is the name given to volcanic areas believed to be formed by mantle plumes which are hypothesis to be colums of hot material rising from the core mantle boundary in a fixed space that cause large volume melting

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Hotspot

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these ___ are picked up by volcanologist and the volcano is monitored

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Warning sign

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Instruments that measure ground deformation

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Seismometers and seismograph

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instruments that detect and measure volcanic gases

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EMB, leveling,GPS,tilt

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Instruments that determine how much lava si moving underground

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VLF,EM-31

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an__ is magma that cools beneath that surface of a volcano without erupting

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Intrusions

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An ___ is an eruption of material that cools at the surface of volcano

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Extrusion

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The top part of Earth’s mantle called???

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Asthenosphere

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Volcanoes are constructed this way mainly of two materials??? ano ito?

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Lava and ash

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Some emit steam and searing hot noxious glasses some eject choking and blinding sunlight blocking ash white others expel liquid rock called??

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Lava

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Are notorious for lying dormant for hundred of years and then exploding suddenly and violently only to fall silent again for generation

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Composite

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Which can be thousand of meters high and a hundred kilometers wide steadily exude free flowing lava

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Shield volcanoes

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Molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface

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Magma

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A small come shaped volcano by an accumulation of volcanic debris

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Parasitic cone

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A flat piece of rock formed when magma gardens in a crack in a volcano

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Sill

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An opening in Earth’s surface through which volcanic materials escape

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Vent

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The side of a volcano

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Flank

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Molten rock that erupts from a volcano and solidifies as it cools

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Lava

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Mouth of a volcano it surround a volcanic vent

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Crater

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An underground passage magma travels through

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Conduit

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Highest point of a volcano;apex

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Summit

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Entrance of a volcano . That part of conduit that ejects lava and volcanic ash

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Throat

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Fragments of lava or rock smaller that 2mm in size that are blasted into their air by volcanic explossions

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Ash

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A cloud of ash formed by volcanic explosions

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Ash cloud

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They are built up slowly by the accretion of thousands of highly lava flows called??

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Basalt lava

29
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Are tall conical mountains composed of lava flows and other ejecta in alternate layers the starts that give rise to the name

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Startovolcanoes

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Is superheated mixture of hot steam ash,rock,dust

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Pyroclastic

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Are built by slow euraptions if highly viscous lava

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Lava domes

32
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Are the simplest type of volcano

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Cinder cones/volcanic cones

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Usually has a large caldera and can produce devastation in an anormous sometimes continental scale

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Supervolcano

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Are common feature of the ocean floor

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Submarine volcanoes

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Is a common eruptive products of submarine volcanoes and is characterized by thick sequences of discontinuous pillow shape masses

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Pillow lava

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Is a subglacial volcanic landform formed when there are eruptions that cannot penetrate the ice sheet above

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Tuya

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Are Develop underneath ice caps

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Subglacial

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Are collections of sometimes hundreds to thousand of separate vents and flows which are the results of very low supply rates of magma

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Monogenetic

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Also called lava neck is a volcanic object created when magma harden within a vent on an active volcano

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Volcanic plug

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Is a bowls shaped depression formed when volcano collapse info the void left when it’s magma chamber is emptied

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Caldera

41
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How many volcanoes in the Philippines???

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399volcanoes

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How many active volcano in Philippines???

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23 are still active

43
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The highest mountain in the country and overlooks Davao city

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Mount apo

44
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What name of mountain that located in boundaries of Laguna and quezon province??

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Banahaw volcanic complex

45
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What name of mountain located in sorsogon which formed about 35,000-40,00 years ago?

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Bulusan

46
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Is the youngest stratovolcano of the group???

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Banhao de lucban

47
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Are Lies in western flank of banahaw volcano

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San Cristobal startovolcanoes

48
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What name of mountain that are located in southern Leyte???

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Cabalian

49
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Also know as mountain of fire?

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Mount cagua

50
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How many hot springs in mount cagua?

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6hotnsprings

51
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How many crater in mount bulusan???

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4crater

52
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Is a small volcanic island

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Didicas volcano

53
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Also know as catarmab volcano is the youngest volcano and only historically active volcano in camiguij island

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Hibok-hibok volcano

54
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Is a small stratovolcano that rises to 1196m immediately SW of lake buhi

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Mount iriga

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Is an active group of volcanoes in the island of Jolo in southern ph

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Jolo group

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it also spello canlaon or canla-on the most active volcano of central oh forms highest point in the island of negros

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Kanlaon volcano

57
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How many hot springs in kalaon Mt?

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3 hot springs

58
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Is located east of head of Davao

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Leonard kniaseff

59
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Thus startovolcano has no historical eruption but display strong fumarolic activity which is harnessed for a generating electricity

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Malinao volcano

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Philippines most active volcano and is considered to be worlds most perfectly formed volcano for its symmetricsl cone

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Mayon volcano

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What are name of volcano that is located in boundaries of Pampanga ,tarlac and zambales

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Pinatubo volcano

62
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Is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines and has produced some of its most powerful historical eruption

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Taal volcano

63
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What the names of the oldest volcanoes???

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Cayonan,naydi,dionisio

64
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are smallest type of explosive explosion

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Strombolian eruption

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