Plate Tectonics and Associated Hazards Part 2 Geography

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Andesitic and rhyolitic lava are formed from silica rich (acid) magma that is very viscous. This often soldifies before reaching the surface leading to...

a violent explosion

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Land-use planning can help to protect people from effects of earthquakes. True or false?

True

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A lava plateaux is a type of extrusive volcanic landform. They form from fissure eruptions. The lava flows are basaltic so they flow great distances. Lava plateaux are generally...

Flat and featureless

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The Mauna Loa volcano is a Hawaiian volcano. The volcano is gently sloping, frequently erupting, has basaltic lava. This volcano is therefore situated on what type of plate boundary?

Constructive

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Batholiths are a type of an intrusive volcanic landform. Being deep-seated and surrounded by hot rock it cools slowly so:

Large crystals form with metamorphic rock in contact

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Intrusive volcanic landforms are landforms of molten magma solidified beneath the Earth's surface. True or false?

True

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The vast majority of earthquakes occur along plate boundaries, the most powerful being associated with destructive margins. True or false?

True

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Land-use planning can help to protect people from effects of earthquakes. True or false?

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True

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A lava plateaux is a type of extrusive volcanic landform. They form from fissure eruptions. The lava flows are basaltic so they flow great distances. Lava plateaux are generally...

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Front

The Mauna Loa volcano is a Hawaiian volcano. The volcano is gently sloping, frequently erupting, has basaltic lava. This volcano is therefore situated on what type of plate boundary?

Back

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Batholiths are a type of an intrusive volcanic landform. Being deep-seated and surrounded by hot rock it cools slowly so:

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