CLOU
ACTIVITY 1: VOLCANIC ERUPTION STYLE
MATCHING TYPE
instruction: Match the style of volcanic eruption in column A to its description in column B.
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1. Phreatic or hydrothermal
A. Characterized by tall
eruption columns that reach
up to 20 km high with
pyroclastic flow and ash fall
tephra like that of Paricutin
Volcano in Mexico.
2. Phreatomagmatic
B. A periodic weak to violent
eruption characterized by
fountain lava, just like the
Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica.
3. Strombolian
C. A stream-driven eruption
as the hot rocks comes in
contact with water. It is short
lived, characterized by ash
columns but may be an
onset of a larger eruption.
4. Vulcanian
D. Excessively explosive type
of eruption of gas and
pyroclastic, just like our
Pinatubo Volcano in
Zambales
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violent eruption
5. Plinian
that is
due to the contact between
water and magma. As a
result, a large column of very
fine ash and high-speed and
sideway emission of
pyroclastics called base
surges are observed.​