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How likely is it that Mount Rainier in Washington state could produce a tsunami when it erupts again? |
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| extremely unlikely or not at all |
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| Flood Basalts are formed by: |
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| Hot spots are the main cause of volcanic activity in: |
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| Volcanic activity associated with Yellowstone National Park is evidence fot the presence of what feature below the surface? |
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| T/F - Volcanic ash is the largest particle thrown out by a volcano. |
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| Volcanic activity during the past 4,000 years in Oregon and Washington state is due to: |
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| the type of volcano that is characterized by a broad, low-angle slope is: |
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| Sunset crater east of Flagstaff is an example of: |
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| Three-settings where volcanic risks generally form are: |
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| The volcano in the Pacific Northwest that has been the most active over the past 4,000 years is: |
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| The volcano that is most likely to produce a catastropic explosion in the United States is: |
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| At which location would you expect to see relatively peaceful eruptions, when they occur either now or in the future? |
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| Most of the world's explosive volcanoes are located in the Ring of Fire, an area than encircles the Pacific Ocean. The type of volcanoes that commonly form in this zone are ______ that form by the melting of rocks in the subsurfacing _____. |
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| The largest amount of gas emitted during Volcanic eruptions is: |
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| the best way to think of potential energy is that it: |
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| is stored in an object that is waiting to undergo a change in position |
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| the second law of thermodybanics states that |
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| heat travels from a hotter object to a colder one |
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| the movement of heat through a hot skillet is an example pf: |
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| t/f = all in coming solar radiation reaches the surface earth |
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| the cirulation of low pressure cells along a polar jet stream in the northern hemisphere tends to occur on the____ side of a jet stream |
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| in the northern hemisphere a rotating high pressure area spins in which direction? |
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| denser at the bottom of the vertical column |
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| the movement of cold air into a warm air mass will produce: |
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| a vertical set of clouds that can produce thunderstorms |
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| the mass movement of hear, such as what occurs |
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