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Author Question: Mount Pelee on the Island of Martinique erupted in the early 20th century. Why is this eruption famous? (Read 72 times)

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Question 1

Pyroclastic flows move ________.
◦ as gravity flows similar to snow avalanches
◦ very rapidly, too fast to outrun on foot
◦ as a dense cloud that contains hot magma particles suspended in hot gases and moves rapidly downhill
◦ all of the above
◦ none of the above

Question 2

Mount Pelee on the Island of Martinique erupted in the early 20th century. Why is this eruption famous?
◦ It produced a major lateral blast that leveled a city, killing many people.
◦ The volcano produced a pyroclastic flow that swept down the mountain, killing thousands of people.
◦ It was a small cinder cone on an island that erupted in a sugar cane field.
◦ It was the first caldera forming eruption observed by modern scientists.
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