Volcanoes and Climate Quiz

What type of volcano is characterized by a stream-driven eruption as the hot rocks meet water?

• Phreatic

• Phreatomagmatic

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian

What type of volcano is characterized by tall eruptions that reach 20 km high with pyroclastic flow and ashfall tephra?

• Phreatic

• Phreatomagmatic

• Strombolian

• Vulcanian

What drives a violent eruption of a phreatomagmatic volcano?

• fountain of lava

• pyroclastic flow

• magma and water

• hot rocks and water

What best describes a strombolian eruption?

• fountain of lava

• pyroclastic flow

• magma and water

• hot rocks and water

What type of volcano is characterized by a steep slope, and wide crater and is the most abundant of the three major volcanoes?

• Active volcano

• Cinder cone volcano

• Composite volcano

• Shield volcano

What factor affecting climate refers to the distance (in degrees) to the North and South from the equator?

• Altitude

• Climate

• Latitude

• Weather

What factor affecting climate refers to the height above sea level?

• Altitude

• Climate

• Latitude

• Weather

Which side of the mountain often receives the most precipitation?

• Peak

• Leeward side

• Rain shadow

• Windward side

What refers to a change in the average weather of a given area or region?

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Climate change

• Global warming

What refers to the global increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere?

• El Nino

• La Nina

• Climate change

• Global warming