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Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep

Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep. SOME STUDY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE MANAGEMENT. What Type of Volcano?. Cinder Cone. What are cinder cones made of?. Loose bubbly light weight chunks of rocks Rubble. Why are cinder cones not steeper?.

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Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep

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  1. Mountain and Volcano Quiz Prep

  2. SOME STUDY IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY THE MANAGEMENT

  3. What Type of Volcano?

  4. Cinder Cone

  5. What are cinder cones made of?

  6. Loose bubbly light weight chunks of rocks • Rubble

  7. Why are cinder cones not steeper?

  8. Cinder Cones have moderately sloping sides because loose rubble doesn’t stack well.

  9. What Type of Volcano?

  10. Shield

  11. Why are shield volcanoes not steeper?

  12. The lava shield volcanoes are made of is very thin and travels long distances before it hardens.

  13. What Type of Volcano?

  14. Composite

  15. Why are composite volcanoes named composite?

  16. They are composed of many different types of layers

  17. What is the tallest type of mountain on Earth?

  18. A shield Volcano named Mona Loa in the Hawaiian Islands.

  19. Which type of volcano is most likely to blow up?

  20. Composite

  21. Why do Composite volcanoes tend to blow up?

  22. They are very weak because many of their layers are nothing but ash or cinder. When too much pressure builds up, they blow their layers apart.

  23. Which type of volcano makes a lot of noise and fireworks, but isn’t too likely to explode?

  24. Cinder Cone

  25. What caused the Hawaiian Islands to form?

  26. Hot spots

  27. Why are there so many islands?

  28. The Earth’s crust is moving, but the hot spot is not. Consequently, new volcanoes form over the hot spot after the old ones move away.

  29. What type of volcano is found at Yellowstone?

  30. A Supervolcano

  31. Why did they have a hard time locating the Yellowstone Volcano?

  32. It is so big that you have to be in space to see the whole caldera.

  33. Where can we find some composite volcanoes in the USA?

  34. Along the Pacific coast in Washington and Oregon.

  35. What caused these coastal volcanoes to form?

  36. The Cascade range was formed by a subduction zone where the oceanic plate is sliding under the continental plate.

  37. What are island arc volcanoes caused by?

  38. Island arc volcanoes are caused by the convergence of 2 oceanic plates

  39. What does ISOSTASY refer to?

  40. The balance of the weight of a mountain against the buoyancy of its base which is submerged in the Earth’s mantle

  41. The Appalachian Mountains are what type of mountains?

  42. Folded Mountains

  43. Where are the Appalachian Mountains?

  44. They run from Georgia to Maine parallel to the Atlantic Coast

  45. What caused the Appalachian Mountains to form?

  46. They formed by continental/continental convergence when North America crashed into Africa.

  47. Why does Oceanic/Continental convergence usually only volcanoes while Continental/Continental convergence causes a few volcanoes AND folded mountains?

  48. Because oceanic crust forms a continuous subduction zone and almost no collision while continental collisions only form a limited subduction zone, as they make a great big crash

  49. What causes peaks and valleys in folded mountains?

  50. The softer layers of uplifted rock wear away quicker than the harder layers

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