Which one of the following statements concerning cinder cones is false?

A) They are built mostly or entirely during one eruptive cycle.
B) They are small volcanoes with fairly steep sides.
C) The cinders and other pyroclastic particles are consolidated into welded tuff.
D) The cinders most commonly are basaltic.


C

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A. Rural-to-urban shift B. Demographic transformation C. Demographic transition D. Urban-to-rural shift E. Demographic rural shift

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The replacement of warmer surface water by colder waters from below is referred to as ____

a. drifting b. circulating c. rechanging d. upwelling

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The temperature on a cloudy night is likely to be ________ the temperature on a clear night—all other factors being equal

A) warmer than B) colder than C) the same as

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A batholith forms from

A) intrusive igneous rock. B) extrusive igneous rock. C) metamorphic rock. D) sediment accumulation in a depression.

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