Unit 32 Review Questions

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. Which of the following is NOT associated with volcanism?

Transform plate boundaries correct incorrect

Hot spots correct incorrect

Midoceanic ridges correct incorrect

Convergent plate boundaries correct incorrect

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. Which type of magma produces the most hazardous volcanic eruptions?

High silica content correct incorrect

Intermediate silica content correct incorrect

Low silica content correct incorrect

Basaltic correct incorrect

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. Which type of volcano consists of layers of lava and compressed pyroclastics?

Shield volcano correct incorrect

Cinder cone correct incorrect

Composite volcano correct incorrect

All three types of volcano share this structure. correct incorrect

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. The Hawai'ian Islands:

consist of a series of composite cones correct incorrect

are a volcanic island arc correct incorrect

formed at a midoceanic ridge correct incorrect

formed over a hotspot correct incorrect

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. The Columbia Plateau:

is composed of rocks with high silica content correct incorrect

formed from a series of fluid basalt eruptions correct incorrect

is located west of the Cascade Mountains correct incorrect

is almost certainly unrelated to hotspot volcanism correct incorrect