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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of volcano is Mount Pinatubo considered to be?

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

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

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

    What characterizes shield volcanoes?

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

    Which Philippine volcano is located in Luzon and considered inactive?

    <p>Banahaw</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes cinder volcanoes from shield volcanoes?

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

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

    <p>Plinian</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</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</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</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</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</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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Plinian</p> Signup and view all the answers

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