What is the relationship of lava flows on Mauna Loa to the “Rift Zones” along the slopes of the volcano?
Look at the following volcanoes (note that the maps are of several different scales):
• Mount Vsevidof (53°07'35"N, 168°41'16"W), a composite volcano in Alaska (shown on Map T-2, Map T-21b, and Figure 34-2)
• Crater Mountain (37°52'42"N, 119°00'25"W), the highest peak of the Mono Craters, a chain of rhyolitic plug dome volcanoes in California (shown on Maps T-23a and T-23c)
• SP Mountain (35°34'56"N, 111°37'55"W), a basaltic cinder cone in Arizona (shown on Maps T-22a and T-22b and Figure 34-3)
• Mauna Loa (19°28'17"N, 155°35'41"W), a large shield volcano on the Big Island of Hawai‘i (shown on Maps T-1 and T-21a)
What will be an ideal response?
Many of the lava flows originated from the rift zone well away from the summit of the volcano.
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A) Broad, gentle B) Nearly level C) Extremely steep
How do caves and caverns form? What will be an ideal response?
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A) near the center of the low-pressure center B) just outside the low-pressure center C) the eastern edge of the cyclone D) near the cold front just below the low-pressure center
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A) valley B) katabatic C) chinook D) Santa Ana