Types of Volcanoes Quiz

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What process describes the rise of magma to the surface, where it becomes lava?

Magma chamber deposition

Intrusive rock formation

Conduit transportation

Volcanic eruption (correct)

What landform can be created by many successive flood basalt eruptions?

Mountain

Lava plateau (correct)

Lava dome

Caldera

At what type of boundaries does volcanism manifest in ridges or fissures where lava erupts?

Transform boundaries

Divergent boundaries (correct)

Subduction boundaries

Convergent boundaries

What type of volcanic activity is restricted to convergence involving an oceanic plate?

Intraplate volcanism Signup and view all the answers

What geological feature occurs due to the ascent of mantle plumes to the base of the lithosphere?

Caldera Signup and view all the answers

Which type of volcanism is typically explosive and produces large deposits and enormous calderas?

Continental hotspot volcanism Signup and view all the answers

What results from the accumulation of magma beneath the Earth's surface?

Caldera collapse Signup and view all the answers

What is a conduit in relation to volcanic activity?

Lava flow channel Signup and view all the answers

What geological feature is formed by the collapse of a volcano after an eruption?

Caldera Signup and view all the answers

What role do mantle plumes play in volcanic activity?

Magma upwelling Signup and view all the answers

Types of Volcanoes Quiz

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What process describes the rise of magma to the surface, where it becomes lava?

What landform can be created by many successive flood basalt eruptions?

At what type of boundaries does volcanism manifest in ridges or fissures where lava erupts?

What type of volcanic activity is restricted to convergence involving an oceanic plate?

What geological feature occurs due to the ascent of mantle plumes to the base of the lithosphere?

Which type of volcanism is typically explosive and produces large deposits and enormous calderas?

What results from the accumulation of magma beneath the Earth's surface?

What is a conduit in relation to volcanic activity?

What geological feature is formed by the collapse of a volcano after an eruption?

What role do mantle plumes play in volcanic activity?

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