Volcanoes

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Leaving Certificate Geography (The geography of volcanoes) Quiz on Volcanoes, created by eimearkelly3 on 06/07/2013.
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Question 1

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Volcanic activity occurs at...
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  • Passive plate boundaries
  • Constructive plate boundaries
  • Destructive plate boundaries
  • Hotspots

Question 2

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Mount St Helen's is
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  • Active
  • Dormant
  • Extinct

Question 3

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Slemish Mountain Co. Antrim is
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  • Active
  • Dormant
  • Exctinct

Question 4

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Cotopaxi in Peru is
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  • Active
  • Dormant
  • Exctinct

Question 5

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Pyroclastic flows are also called
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  • Nuée Ardentes
  • Lahars

Question 6

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An increase in the emission of this gas indicates an eruption
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  • Carbon dioxide
  • Chlorine
  • Sulfur dioxide

Question 7

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55% silica gives rise to
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  • Basic lava
  • Acidic lava

Question 8

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70% silica gives rise to
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  • Basic lava
  • Acidic lava

Question 9

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Dome volcanoes such as Puy de Domes in France form from
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  • Basic lava
  • Acidic lava

Question 10

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Shield volcanoes such as the Hawaiian island of Mauna Loa are formed from
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  • Basic lava
  • Acidic lava

Question 11

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Runny, ropey lava
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  • Aa
  • Pahoehoe
  • Pillow

Question 12

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Lumpy lava
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  • Aa
  • Pahoehoe
  • Pillow

Question 13

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Rounded blobs of lava on the sea floor
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  • Aa
  • Pahoehoe
  • Pillow

Question 14

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The Antrim-Derry Plateau formed as a result of
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  • Basic lava flows
  • Acidic lava flows

Question 15

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A batholith is
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  • An intrusive landform
  • An extrusive landform

Question 16

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A volcanic cone and a basalt plateau are both examples of
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  • Intrusive landforms
  • Extrusive landforms
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