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Grade 9 Volcanoes
How many volcanoes make up the Pacific Ring of Fire?
  1. 1000 volcanoes
  2. 268 volcanoes
  3. 832 volcanoes
  4. 452 volcanoes
Grade 9 Volcanoes
Shield volcanoes have basaltic lava.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Volcanoes
What is a caldera?
  1. any crater
  2. a crater on top of a volcano
  3. a crater filled with water
  4. an empty crater
Grade 9 Volcanoes
Mauna Loa is what kind of volcano?
  1. shield
  2. cinder
  3. composite
  4. shield cone
Grade 9 Volcanoes
What is pahoehoe?
  1. a volcano
  2. a type of lava
  3. a type of pyroclastic material
  4. a mineral
Grade 9 Volcanoes
The volcano shown is best classified as a
Volcano - Lava Dome - Small
  1. fissure vent.
  2. stratovolcano.
  3. cinder cone.
  4. shield volcano.
Grade 9 Volcanoes
Capulin volcano in New Mexico is an example of which type of volcano?
  1. composite
  2. shield
  3. shielded cone
  4. cinder cone
Grade 9 Volcanoes
What type of volcanic eruption is illustrated?
Volcano - Fissure Vent - Small
  1. fissure
  2. central
  3. phreatic
  4. pyroclastic
Grade 9 Volcanoes
Volcanic mountains tend to form on
  1. continental crust near a subduction zone.
  2. on convergent plate boundaries.
  3. on divergent boundaries.
  4. volcanoes in the Aegean sea.
Grade 9 Volcanoes
What are seamounts?
  1. underwater volcanoes
  2. underwater vent systems
  3. lithospheric plumes
  4. volcanoes in the Aegean sea
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