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1. gasesous components of magma, mainly water...
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volatiles
B
volume gas
C
viscosity
2. The most common lava flow, has surfaces of rough jagged blocks with dangerously sharp edges and spiny projections
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aa flows
B
pahoehoe flows
C
lava flows
3. These lava flows exhibit smooth surfaces that often resemble the twisted braids of rope
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aa flows
B
pahoehoe flows
C
lava flows
4. True or false: cave like tunnels in hardened basaltic flows are called lava tubes
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True
B
False
C
5. These volcanoes are produced by accumulations of fluid basaltic lavas and exhibit the shape of a broad, slightly domed structure that resembles a warrior's shield
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Shield
B
Cinder Cones
C
Composite Cones
6. These volcanoes are built from ejected lava fragments that take on the appearance of cinders as they begin to harden in flight
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Shield
B
Cinder Cones
C
Composite Cones
7. Also called stratovolcanoes, mostly located in the relatively narrow one that rims the Pacific Ocean (Ring of Fire)
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Shield
B
Cinder Cones
C
Composite Cones
8. True or false: Hot gases infused with incandescent ash and large lava fragments are referred to as pyroclastic flows and nuree ardentes
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True
B
False
C
9. True or False: large composite cones may generate a type of very fluid mudflow referred to by the Indonesian name of Lahar
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True
B
False
C
10. These are formed as igneous rocks cool and develop shrinkage fractures thta produce elongated pillar like columns, such as in the Giant's Causeway
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Fissures
B
Intrusions
C
Columnar Joints