Volcanic Landforms
Review Questions

1. Compare and contrast shield, composite, and cinder cone volcanoes.

2. Where do volcanoes occur?

3. What is the basic difference between eruptions from shield and composite volcanoes?

4. What is a lahar?

5. What are pyroclastics?

6. What are the principal gases emitted by a volcano?

7. How do calderas form?

8. Explain the creation of the Hawaiian Island chain.

9. How was the Columbia Plateau formed?

10. What is a volcanic neck?