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What are pyroclastic flows?
What are pyroclastic flows?
- Avalanches of hot volcanic gases, ash, and lava bombs (correct)
- Molten rock that has been blasted into the air
- Slow-moving lava flows from a volcano
- Clouds of ash and volcanic bombs
What is the name for the molten rock that emerges from a volcano?
What is the name for the molten rock that emerges from a volcano?
- Magma
- Volcanic bombs
- Ash
- Lava (correct)
What are volcanic bombs?
What are volcanic bombs?
- Molten rock that has been blasted into the air
- Magma below the surface of the Earth
- Avalanches of hot volcanic gases, ash, and lava bombs
- Solid lumps of more than 64 mm in diameter formed from blasted molten rock (correct)
What is the liquid rock below the surface of the Earth called?
What is the liquid rock below the surface of the Earth called?
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What makes a volcanic eruption one of the most dangerous natural disasters?
What makes a volcanic eruption one of the most dangerous natural disasters?
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What do pyroclastic flows consist of?
What do pyroclastic flows consist of?
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What are volcanic bombs?
What are volcanic bombs?
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What is the name for the molten rock that emerges from a volcano?
What is the name for the molten rock that emerges from a volcano?
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What is the liquid rock below the surface of the Earth called?
What is the liquid rock below the surface of the Earth called?
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What are the blistering speeds of pyroclastic flows?
What are the blistering speeds of pyroclastic flows?
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