Volcanoes

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Volcanoes that are made of basalt lava flows are called _____

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shield volcanoes

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About 75 percent of the world’s volcanoes are found around the Atlantic Ocean basin, along the mid-Atlantic ridge, around the Pacific Ocean basin, throughout the American Northwest.

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around the Pacific Ocean basin.

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A line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the 

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Ring of Fire

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This volcano is most likely which type of volcano? Options: Felsic, Composite, Shield, Cinder cone

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Shield

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What is a determining factor in which type of eruption will occur? Options: the chemistry of the magma, the size of the mountain, the climate around the volcano, the number of people living near the volcano

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the chemistry of the magma

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The particles produced in volcanic eruptions are called ____.

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pyroclastic material

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Volcanoes can normally be found at what type of boundary? Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Divergent

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An  example of islands that formed over a hotspot are the

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Hawaiian Islands

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A place above a mantle plume where melted rock can form a volcano is a

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hotspot

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A line of volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean basin is the

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Ring of Fire