Types of Volcanic Eruption

What type of eruption is depicted by short and violent explosions of viscous magma?

• Hawaiian

• Vulcanian

• Strombolian

• Plinian

Which type of eruption was named after the 1902 Mount Pele eruption?

• Plinian

• Vulcanian

• Strombolian

• Pelean

What type exhibits distinct, short bursts of thick or pasty lava at the mouth of the volcano?

• Strombolian

• Icelandic

• Pelean

• Vulcanian

What type exhibits a less viscous, runnier lava compared with Hawaiian eruptions and spread the lava across a greater surface?

• Strombolian

• Pelean

• Plinian

• Icelandic

What type is the strongest and most violent with a plume that can ascend 50,000 feet into the air?

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian

• Plinian

• Pelean