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Mountains
Volcanoes
Volcanoes Cont.
Volcanic Hazards
Misc
100
This type of mountain is the largest in the world.
What is Folded Mountains?
100
This volcano is erupting right now.
What is an active volcano?
100
This type of volcano has very gradual sides and runny lava.
What are shield volcanoes?
100
This is a fast moving current of gas and rocks that can reach speeds up to 450MPH
What is a Pyroclastic Flow
100
The San Francisco Peaks used to be one large this type of volcano.
What is strato/composite volcano?
200
This type of mountain is shaped like a turtle shell, or a large pimple.
What is Dome Mountain?
200
This volcano is not erupting right now but can.
What is a dormant volcano?
200
What is lava?
What is molten rock
200
This occurs when lava comes in contact with water, causing a violent reaction that spews steam in the air.
What is a steam explosion?
200
This mountain is the largest mountain in the world at 29,000 feet above sea level.
What is Mt. Everest?
300
These mountain ranges are aligned in a straight line because they follow faults.
What are Fault-Block Mountains
300
These volcanoes have the most explosive eruptions.
What is stratovolcanoes/composite volcanoes?
300
What is the difference between magma and lava?
What is magma is underground and lava is above ground.
300
This is a volcanic mud and debris flow that looks like a dirty river.
What is a lahar?
300
This fictional (not real) volcano is where Frodo destroyed the One Ring in the Lord of the Rings.
What is Mt. Doom? (Not on the test)
400
What is the main difference between volcanoes and mountains?
What is lava?
400
These are the smallest of the three types of volcanoes.
What are cinder cones?
400
This volcano in Washington State caused one of the largest landslides and volcanic eruptions in recent history.
What is Mt St Helens?
400
carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide are examples of this.
What are poisonous gases?
400
75% of volcanoes and 90% of earthquakes can be found here.
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
What is the scientific difference between a hill and a mountain?
What is Nothing?
500
This volcano has not erupted in 10,00 years.
What is an extinct volcano?
500
This volcanoes eruption caused the loudest sound in recorded history, and caused a large tsunami.
What is Krakatoa?
500
What effects can ashfall have on humans and the environment?
What is cause lung problems, collapse buildings, short circuit electronics, and block out the sun making the world colder.
500
Yellowstone is this special type of volcano, known for their extremely large eruptions.
What is Supervolcano?