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What type of volcanoes have steep slopes and wide bases?
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?
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?
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?
Which volcano is an example of an active volcano in the Philippines?
What type of volcano is Mount Pinatubo considered to be?
What type of volcano is Mount Pinatubo considered to be?
What are Babuyan Claro and Banahaw examples of in the Philippines?
What are Babuyan Claro and Banahaw examples of in the Philippines?
Which volcano type has at least one eruption during the last 10,000 years but is not expected to erupt again soon?
Which volcano type has at least one eruption during the last 10,000 years but is not expected to erupt again soon?
What characterizes shield volcanoes?
What characterizes shield volcanoes?
Which Philippine volcano is located in Luzon and considered inactive?
Which Philippine volcano is located in Luzon and considered inactive?
What distinguishes cinder volcanoes from shield volcanoes?
What distinguishes cinder volcanoes from shield volcanoes?
Which type of volcanic eruption is characterized by a vertical eruption column reaching stratospheric heights?
Which type of volcanic eruption is characterized by a vertical eruption column reaching stratospheric heights?
What type of volcanic eruption is typically associated with shield volcanoes like those found in Hawaii?
What type of volcanic eruption is typically associated with shield volcanoes like those found in Hawaii?
Which type of volcanic eruption involves the eruption of hot pyroclastic flows, ash clouds, and volcanic gases?
Which type of volcanic eruption involves the eruption of hot pyroclastic flows, ash clouds, and volcanic gases?
During which type of eruption can pillow lava be produced due to rapid cooling in water?
During which type of eruption can pillow lava be produced due to rapid cooling in water?
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD in a way that led to the naming of which type of volcanic eruption?
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD in a way that led to the naming of which type of volcanic eruption?
'Lava fountains and lava flows are common' is a characteristic of which type of volcanic eruption?
'Lava fountains and lava flows are common' is a characteristic of which type of volcanic eruption?
'Highly explosive and characterized by a vertical eruption column that can reach stratospheric heights' describes which type of volcanic eruption?
'Highly explosive and characterized by a vertical eruption column that can reach stratospheric heights' describes which type of volcanic eruption?
'Associated with highly viscous magma and typically andesitic or dacitic' refers to which type of volcanic eruption?
'Associated with highly viscous magma and typically andesitic or dacitic' refers to which type of volcanic eruption?
'Characterized by relatively calm and nonexplosive outpouring of basaltic lava' describes which type of volcanic eruption?
'Characterized by relatively calm and nonexplosive outpouring of basaltic lava' describes which type of volcanic eruption?
Which type of volcanic eruption involves the release of ash, pumice, and volcanic gases?
Which type of volcanic eruption involves the release of ash, pumice, and volcanic gases?
