Location, location, location!
Most volcanoes are located along this geographic feature.
Plate boundaries
What is the largest type of volcano?
Shield volcano
What type of eruption is most common in Hawaii?
Hawaiian
Which volcanic hazard is easiest to outrun?
Lava flows
What is the name of the least viscous type of lava flow?
Pahoehoe
What causes volcanoes that are located in the middle of a plate?
Hotspots
A volcano made of several layers of ash and cinders has this name.
Stratovolcano
The most explosive type of eruption is called what?
Plinian
What volcanic hazard can deform and crack the ground?
Earthquakes
Rough, fragmental lava flow has what name?
A’a
Island arc volcanoes are formed along what type of boundary?
Subduction zone or convergent boundary
The most common type of volcano on Earth is called what?
Cinder cone
Fire fountaining (fissures) is considered this type of eruption
Hawaiian
Which volcanic hazard causes acid rain?
Volcanic gases
A low viscosity lava flow at the bottom of the ocean is called what?
Pillow lava
Most volcanic activity on Earth can be found along what type of boundary?
Spreading centers or divergent boundaries
Hawaii is classified as what type of volcano?
Shield volcano
Short, sporadic bubble bursts describe what type of eruption?
Strombolian
What volcanic hazard buries, burns, and destroys everything on impact?
Pyroclastic flow
This term is used to describe resistance to flow.
Viscosity
What caused Hawaii to form in the middle of a plate?
Hotspot
What type of volcano is Mount Saint Helens classified as?
Stratovolcano
A short but violent type of eruption has what name?
Vulcanian
What hazard is a result of melting of glaciers, ice, or snow?
Lahar
What type of lava flow is the slowest moving?
A’a