TEST YOURSELF ON ERUPTION TYPES

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1.	The thick sequence of Columbia River Flood Basalts shown here was generated by __________ eruptions.
	a)	Plinian
	b)	Strombolian
	c)	Hawaiian
	d)	Fissure
	e)	Vulcanian
2.	Which eruption type generates spectacularly explosive eruptions of volatile-rich dacite to rhyolite lava and eruption columns up to ~45 km high?
	a)	Plinian
	b)	Strombolian
	c)	Hawaiian
	d)	Fissure
	e)	Vulcanian
3.	Which eruption type generates canon-like explosions and the ejection of large blocks and bread-crust bombs of andesite to dacite lava?
	a)	Plinian
	b)	Strombolian
	c)	Hawaiian
	d)	Fissure
	e)	Vulcanian
4.	Which of the following was generated by a fissure eruption in 1783 to produce the largest lava flow in recorded history?
	a)	the Roza flow of the Columbia River Flood Basalts
	b)	the Pu'u O'o eruptive series
	c)	the Paricutin lava flow
	d)	the Kilauea Iki flow
	e)	the Laki flow
5.	Lava tubes are characteristic features of many ________ eruptions.
	a)	Strombolian
	b)	Hawaiian
	c)	Hydrovolcanic
	d)	Plinian
	e)	Fissure
6.	Spatter ramparts are commonly generated by ________ eruptions.
	a)	Plinian
	b)	Fissure
	c)	Strombolian
	d)	Hydrovolcanic
	e)	Vulcanian
7.	A base surge (picture) is a characteristic feature of many _________ eruptions.
	a)	Fissure
	b)	Vulcanian
	c)	Hawaiian
	d)	Plinian
	e)	Hydrovolcanic
8.	The Mexican volcano Paricutin was genertated by a _________ eruption which began in 1943.
	a)	Strombolian
	b)	Plinian
	c)	Hawaiian
	d)	Fissure
	e)	Hydrovolcanic
9.	Maars (left) and tuff rings (right) are generated by __________ eruptions.
	a)	Volcanian
	b)	Plinian
	c)	Hydrovolcanic
	d)	Vulcanian
	e)	Hawaiian
10.	Fire fountaining is a hallmark of _________ eruptions.
	a)	Strombolian
	b)	Hawaiian
	c)	Plinian
	d)	Fissure
	e)	Vulcanian

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