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What is the name for the molten rock beneath the Earth's surface?
What is the name for the molten rock beneath the Earth's surface?
What geological feature is formed when magma solidifies beneath the Earth's surface?
What geological feature is formed when magma solidifies beneath the Earth's surface?
Which of the following is not a type of volcano as mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is not a type of volcano as mentioned in the text?
What is the primary reason for the eruption of a volcano according to the text?
What is the primary reason for the eruption of a volcano according to the text?
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Which of these is responsible for determining the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption?
Which of these is responsible for determining the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption?
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What do we call volcanic fragments that are larger than ash but smaller than blocks?
What do we call volcanic fragments that are larger than ash but smaller than blocks?
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What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Italy in 79 A.D. and buried the city of Pompeii?
What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Italy in 79 A.D. and buried the city of Pompeii?
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What is the molten rock called when it flows from a volcano during an eruption?
What is the molten rock called when it flows from a volcano during an eruption?
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What causes the melting of rock, creating magma?
What causes the melting of rock, creating magma?
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Which type of volcano is cone-shaped and built of layers of pyroclasts with hardened lava layers in between?
Which type of volcano is cone-shaped and built of layers of pyroclasts with hardened lava layers in between?
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How do geologists usually issue warnings before a volcano erupts?
How do geologists usually issue warnings before a volcano erupts?
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What determines the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption?
What determines the explosiveness of a volcanic eruption?
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