Composite Volcanoes Quiz

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What type of volcanoes have steep slopes and wide bases?

Cinder volcanoes

Which volcanoes have large, composite, symmetrical cones?

Composite volcanoes

What distinguishes active volcanoes like Mayon and Taal from others?

They erupted recently and more frequently

Which volcano is an example of an active volcano in the Philippines?

Banahaw

What type of volcano is Mount Pinatubo considered to be?

Composite volcano

What are Babuyan Claro and Banahaw examples of in the Philippines?

Active volcanoes

Which volcano type has at least one eruption during the last 10,000 years but is not expected to erupt again soon?

Inactive volcano

What characterizes shield volcanoes?

Large, broad, and shield-like appearance

Which Philippine volcano is located in Luzon and considered inactive?

Banahaw

What distinguishes cinder volcanoes from shield volcanoes?

Steep slopes and wide bases

Which type of volcanic eruption is characterized by a vertical eruption column reaching stratospheric heights?

Plinian

What type of volcanic eruption is typically associated with shield volcanoes like those found in Hawaii?

Hawaiian

Which type of volcanic eruption involves the eruption of hot pyroclastic flows, ash clouds, and volcanic gases?

Pelean

During which type of eruption can pillow lava be produced due to rapid cooling in water?

Submarine

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD in a way that led to the naming of which type of volcanic eruption?

Plinian

'Lava fountains and lava flows are common' is a characteristic of which type of volcanic eruption?

Hawaiian

'Highly explosive and characterized by a vertical eruption column that can reach stratospheric heights' describes which type of volcanic eruption?

Plinian

'Associated with highly viscous magma and typically andesitic or dacitic' refers to which type of volcanic eruption?

Pelean

'Characterized by relatively calm and nonexplosive outpouring of basaltic lava' describes which type of volcanic eruption?

Hawaiian

Which type of volcanic eruption involves the release of ash, pumice, and volcanic gases?

Plinian

Test your knowledge about composite volcanoes, also known as stratovolcanoes, with examples from the Philippines like Mount Mayon, Mount Arayat, Mount Kanlaon, and Mount Apo, as well as examples from outside the Philippines like Mount Rainier and Mount Fuji.

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