Characteristics of Volcanoes

We classified volcanoes by these characteristics ....

• rock type

• shape

• eruption state

• eruption activity

Mount St Helens is what type of volcano?

• stratovolcano

• fissure vent volcano

• shield volcano

• caldera volcano

Yellowstone is what type of volcano?

• stratovolcano

• fissure vent volcano

• shield volcano

• caldera supervolcano

Kilauea is what type of volcano?

• stratovolcano

• fissure vent volcano

• caldera shield volcano

Laki is what type of volcano?

• stratovolcano

• fissure vent volcano

• shield volcano

• caldera volcano

Which of the following characteristics of a volcano depends on its magma emission?

• age

• shape

• size

• location

TRUE OR FALSE: Lava with low amount of gas and high silica content is very viscous and does not flow out as it rises.

• TRUE

• FALSE

It is a periodic weak to violent eruption characterized by fountain lava.

• Strombolian

• Phreatomagmatic

• Plinian

• Vulcanian

It is a violet eruption due to the contact between water and magma.

• Strombolian

• Phreatomagmatic

• Phreatic

• Plinian

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

It is characterized by tall eruption columns that reach up to 20 km high with pyroclastic flow and ash fall tephra.

• Plinian

• Phreatic

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian