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WorksheetsVolcanic Hazards
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
(a) is a dense, destructive mass of very hot ash, lava fragments, and gases ejected explosively from a volcano and typically flowing down slope at great speed.
What are the different types of pyroclastic flow?
Soufriere
Pele
Merapi
Lapili
Pelee
(a) is a hot mixtures of fresh lava, gas, rock, pumice, and ash that moves down the sides of a volcanic crater at high speeds during an eruption. It is considered as the most harmful hazard in a volcanic eruption.
Write one effect of pyroclastic flow.
(a)
(a) falls refers to volcanic rock and lava materials that are ejected into the air by explosions or carried upward by the eruption column’s hot gases or lava fountains.
Ash and Lapili is a type of (a) .
Choose all the types of lapili.
Pele's tears
Pele's hair
Pele's eyes
Scoria
Pumice
It refers to the rocks that an erupting volcano may hurl into the air. These blocks and bombs travel like cannonballs and usually land within 2km of the vent.
Tephra Falls
Ballistic Projectiles
Lahar
Volcanic Debris Avalanche
Summarize the story of Omayra Sanchez.
A (a) is a process where in wet cement-like mixture of volcanic material and water flows down the slopes of a volcano.
In ________ language, Lahar means lava or lava flow.
Japanese
Javanese
Chinese
Indian
Landslides that occur in volcanic slopes.
(a)
A debris avalanche occurred from Mt. Mayuyama in the year (a) .
True or false: Lahars can be detoured.
True
False
What is the most effective way to minimize the hazard of Volcanic Debris Avalance?
(a)
