Types of Volcanic Eruptions

These type of volcanic eruption is characterized by effusion of molten basaltic lava that flow from long, parallel fissures.

• Hawaiian

• Strombolian

• Icelandic

• Pelean

Effusive volcanos generally have

• thick slow lava flows

• giant pyroclastic explosions

• runny lava flows

What type of magma has led to the massive Yellowstone Caldera eruptions?

• Andesitic

• Basaltic

• Rhyolitic

• Ultramafic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A violent reaction due to the contact between water and magma.

• Phreatic

• Phreatomagmatic

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian

A periodic weak to violent eruption characterized by fountain lava, just like the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica.

• Phreatic

• Phreatomagmatic

• Plinian

• Strombolian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Excessively explosive type of eruption of gas and pyroclastic just like our Pinatubo Volcano in Zambales.

• Phreatic

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian

• Plinian

Characterized by tall eruption columns that reach up to 20 km high with pyroclastic flow and ashfall tephra.

• Phreatic

• Phreatomagmatic

• Vulcanian

• Plinian

Which type of volcanic eruption is characterized by explosive outbursts that eject ash and pyroclastic material into the atmosphere, forming a column that can reach up to 20 km high?

• Hawaiian

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian

• Plinian

What type of volcanic eruption is known for its gentle lava flows that create broad, shield-like volcanoes?

• Hawaiian

• Vulcanian

• Plinian

• Pelean

Which type of volcanic eruption involves the interaction of water and magma, leading to explosive steam-driven eruptions?

• Phreatic

• Strombolian

• Plinian

• Hawaiian