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Plate Tectonics
Eruptions
Landforms
CA Geology
Misc.
100
This is a weak spot in the crust where molten material comes to the surface.
What is a volcano?
100
A volcano that might wake up in the future to erupt is called a...
What is a dormant volcano?
100
This is formed when the roof of a magma chamber collapses.
What is a caldera?
100
This is a famous fault located in California
What is the San Andreas Fault?
100
These are two types of lava flow.
What are Pahoehoe and Aa?
200
This is mixture of rock, gases, and water from the mantle.
What is magma?
200
This life stage of a volcano can be the most dangerous.
What is a dormant volcano?
200
This is the largest type of volcano and alternates between layers of lava and ash.
What is a shield volcano?
200
This is the number of volcanoes that are located in CA.
What is 2?
200
This volcano buried the city of Pompeii.
What is Mount Vesuvius?
300
This is magma that has reached the surface.
What is lava?
300
An explosive volcano is high in this material.
What is silica?
300
This is the order of volcanoes from smallest to largest.
What is shield, cinder cone, and composite?
300
These 4 CA land features are created as the result of plate tectonics.
What are faults, volcanoes, mountain ranges, and basins?
300
This volcano myth told the tale of a fire goddess who lives inside a volcano, causing it to erupt when she becomes angry.
What is Pelee?
400
This major volcanic belt, known as The Ring of Fire is located here.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
These are the 4 parts of a volcano.
What is magma chamber, pipe, vent, and crater?
400
These 4 types of landforms are created from magma.
What is volcanic neck, dikes, sills, and baboliths?
400
California is located on these two plate boundaries.
What are the Pacific and North American plates?
400
This type of explosive eruption hurls out a mixture of hot gases, ash, cinders, and bombs.
What is pyroclastic flow?
500
This is one U.S. state that is located on a hot spot.
What is Hawaii?
500
Landslides and collapsed buildings are caused by this occurring in a volcano.
What is an eruption?
500
This is the reason why many people choose to live near an active volcano.
What is plant growth is supported because the ash provides nutrients, which makes the soil fertile.
500
These are two examples of mountain ranges located in CA.
What are the Sierra Nevada Mountains Coast Ranges, Traverse Ranges, and Cascade Ranges?
500
These two volcanoes had the most destructive eruptions since 1700.
What is Krakatoa and Mount Pelee?