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Wide gentle sloping mountain from lava pouring out of the vent and hardens on top of previous layers

• Earthquake
• Cinder cone volcano
• Composite volcano
• Shield volcano

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A type of eruption where magma flows easily, thin runny lava oozes quietly from the vent

• Quiet eruption
• Explosive eruption
• Rock eruption
• Vent

What is a huge hole left behind When a volcano has an enormous eruption and empties the magma chamber and the main vent.  The volcano becomes hollow and collapses leaving this hole behind

• Central vent
• Caldera
• Side vent
• Magma

A boundary on Earth's crust where two plates collide

• Convergent boundary
• Divergent boundary
• Transform boundary
• Indirect boundary

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This is the name for the chain of volcanoes and earthquakes around the edge of the Pacific Plate.

• The Subduction Zone

• The Ring of Fire

• The Seismic-Tectonic Area

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Hot melted rock that forms underground near the subduction zone is called ___.

• lava

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• magma

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Which of the following is NOT a feature of stratovolcanoes? Choose two answers.

• Also called shield volcanoes.

• Made of layers of ash and lava.

• Very tall.

• Made of layers of just lava.

What kind of eruptions do stratovolcanoes have?

• Explosive eruptions.

• Quiet eruptions.

What kind of eruptions do shield volcanoes have?

• Explosive eruptions.

• Quiet eruptions.