volcanoes

Question 1

quiet or non explosive, most common type of eruption, produces huge amounts of lava but less ash and dust

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effusive

Question 1

less common but more destructive, produces clouds of hot ash, gas, and rock fragments

Answer 1

explosive

Question 2

hardened magma blasted into the air

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pyroclastic material

Question 3

steam driven explosions, creates an explosion of steam

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phreatic eruption

Question 4

weakest and calmest type of eruption

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hawaiian eruption

Question 5

smallest type of explosive eruptions. consist of small explosions or weak pulsating fountains of fluid lava from a single vent

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stromboli eruption

Question 6

explosion filled with ash that reaches above the peak to form a dense cloud

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vulcanian eruption

Question 7

molten rock that solidifies before it hits the ground

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volcanic bomb

Question 8

formation of domes of glowing avalanches of hot ash called pyroclastic flow

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pelean eruption

Question 9

steam blast explosion that occurs when steam is produced from the contact of cold ground water with magma

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phreatic eruption

Question 10

continuous gas blasts and explosive ejection of viscous lava, gas rich magma, and large amounts of pumice

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plinian eruption

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loose and fluid lava over layers of solidified lava

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shield volcano

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tall, conical volcano composed of one layer of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash

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composite volcano

Question 13

forms from ash and magma cinders

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cinder cone volcano

Question 14

large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses

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caldera

Question 15

circular mound-shaped protrusion

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lava dome

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hydrothermal vents formed by tectonic plates movement

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mid ocean ridges