REVIEW MODULE

QUESTIONS: 25
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1.
Which one of the following statements concerning volcanic blocks
and bombs is true?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Blocks are ejected as solid fragments; bombs are ejected as magma
lumps.
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2.
What fate befell the Lost City of Atlantis mentioned in Plato's
writings?
CORRECT ANSWER:
It disappeared as part of caldera collapse following a major,
explosive, volcanic eruption.
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3.
Which one of the following statements concerning cinder cones
is false?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Cinders and other pyroclastic particles can be consolidated into
welded tuff.
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4.
What two gases are the most abundant gases emitted during
basaltic volcanism?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Water and carbon dioxide

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5.
Why would a plume of solid silicate rock rising slowly from deep in
the mantle begin melting as it neared the base of the lithosphere?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Melting temperatures drop because the pressure is lowered.
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6.

Which region has the greatest concentration of currently active

volcanoes?
CORRECT ANSWER:
The circum-Pacific area or "Ring of Fire"
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7.
Which volcanoes are sometimes very large, with a gently sloping
mound composed mainly of lava flows?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Shield
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8.

Which ocean basin is rimmed by the most subduction zones?

CORRECT ANSWER:
Pacific
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9.

To what is the geologically recent volcanic activity in Yellowstone

National Park usually attributed?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Yellowstone volcanism is usually attributed to intraplate (meaning
within the plate), hot spot volcanism.
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10.
Of the following choices, which best describes Mt. St. Helens?
CORRECT ANSWER:
An explosive stratovolcano
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11.
What volcanic events formed Crater Lake, Oregon? When did they
take place?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Caldera collapse followed by major ash and pyroclastic-flow
eruptions; 7000 years ago.
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12.
What type of magma is the most abundant at oceanic-spreading
centers?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Basaltic
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13.
Which type of basaltic lava flow has a fairly smooth, unfragmented,
ropy surface?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Pahoehoe
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14.
What is the most common volatile constituent in both magmas and
volcanic gases?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Water
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What type of magma typically comprises stratovolcanoes?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Andesitic
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16.
In 1980, __________ was the first Cascade Range volcano to erupt
since Mt. Lassen, California, in 1915-16.
CORRECT ANSWER:
Mt. St. Helens
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17.
Which of the following statements best describes the Hawaiian
volcanoes?
CORRECT ANSWER:
The Hawaiian volcanoes are situated in the interior of a Pacific plate
above a hot spot deep in the mantle.
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18.
Which one of the following best describes volcanism of the Cascade
Range in the northwestern United States?
CORRECT ANSWER:
The volcanism is related to plate subduction.
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19.
What is the largest known volcano in the solar system?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Olympus Mons, Mars
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20.
How do volcanic bombs originate?

CORRECT ANSWER:
As erupted magma blobs that partly congeal before falling to the
ground
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21.
Which one of the following shows the correct order from left to right
of decreasing magmatic viscosity?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Rhyolite, andesite, basalt
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22.
Which kind of volcanism is typical of mid-oceanic ridge systems?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Submarine; basaltic lava flows
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23.
Which type of basaltic lava flow has its surface covered with sharpedged, angular blocks and rubble?
CORRECT ANSWER:
A'a
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24.
What type of volcanoes are Kilauea and Mauna Loa in Hawaii?
CORRECT ANSWER:
Basaltic shield volcanoes
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25.
__________ destroyed the city of St. Pierre, Martinique in 1902.
CORRECT ANSWER:
Nue ardente

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