Volcano Quiz Answers

For my unit review I am posting the answers the volcano quiz that we took earlier.  Maybe some of these same questions will be on the test.

1.  A stratovolcano is formed by a series of alternating lava flows and pyroclastic eruptions.

2.  A volcano that has not erupted for hundreds of years but is expected to erupt again is considered dormant.

3. Mount St. Helens is an example of a composite, active volcano.

4. A strombolian eruption is characterized by lava sprays.

5. Tephra is evidence that Kilauea's past eruptions were once explosive.

6. An actual volcano not made of basalt would be a composite volcano because it is an explosive eruption and explosive eruptions have rhyolitic magma.

7. One would not find a volcano along a transform plate boundary.

8. A composite volcano typically has high viscosity, rhyolitic magma.

9.  Picture needed, but shows a volcano with a gentle slope created by lava build up, meaning a shield volcano.

10. The curse of Pele is a curse saying that if you take lava away from the Hawaiian Volcano National Park, you will have bad luck caused by the Goddess Pele.