Composite Volcanoes Quiz

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What type of volcanoes have steep slopes and wide bases?

  • Shield volcanoes
  • Cinder volcanoes (correct)
  • Composite volcanoes
  • Inactive volcanoes

Which volcanoes have large, composite, symmetrical cones?

  • Composite volcanoes (correct)
  • Inactive volcanoes
  • Cinder volcanoes
  • Shield volcanoes

What distinguishes active volcanoes like Mayon and Taal from others?

  • They erupted recently and more frequently (correct)
  • They have wide bases
  • They are inactive
  • They are shield volcanoes

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

<p>Banahaw (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of volcano is Mount Pinatubo considered to be?

<p>Composite volcano (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Active volcanoes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Inactive volcano (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes shield volcanoes?

<p>Large, broad, and shield-like appearance (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which Philippine volcano is located in Luzon and considered inactive?

<p>Banahaw (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes cinder volcanoes from shield volcanoes?

<p>Steep slopes and wide bases (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Plinian (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Hawaiian (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Pelean (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Submarine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Plinian (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Hawaiian (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Plinian (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Pelean (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Hawaiian (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Plinian (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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