Understanding Volcanoes and PHIVOLCS
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What type of volcano is described as not high with a broad shape and almost no slope?

  • Phreatic volcano
  • Explosive volcano
  • Effusive volcano
  • Shield volcano (correct)

Which type of eruption is characterized by rapidly expanding pressurized gases breaking rocks apart violently?

  • Effusive eruption
  • Phreatic eruption
  • Effusion eruption
  • Explosive eruption (correct)

What type of lava eruption is associated with magma gently 'oozing' out and producing lava flows?

  • Explosive eruption
  • Phreatic eruption
  • Effusion eruption
  • Effusive eruption (correct)

Which type of lava is more likely to form domes during an eruption?

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

What causes a phreatic or hydrothermal eruption?

<p>Contact with water (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of eruption is short-lived and characterized by ash columns and may signal a more massive eruption?

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

What type of volcano is characterized by tall, symmetrical, and steep sides?

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

Which type of volcano has the potential to erupt again despite not having erupted for a long time?

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

What is the distinctive feature of a cinder volcano?

<p>Formed from erupting lava breaking into small pieces (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which institute in the Philippines is primarily responsible for mitigating volcanic eruption disasters?

<p>Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which classification of volcanoes erupted thousands of years ago with no possibility of further eruptions?

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

What kind of materials does a composite volcano erupt?

<p>Hot gases, ash, and pumice (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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