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TOEFL Listening Class Unit 2 Passage 34

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202. What does the professor mainly discuss?

How volcanoes are formed
The destruction caused by volcanoes
The material expelled from volcanoes
Why volcanoes erupt

203. What does the professor say about the use of the term
"eruption?in geology?

It should be used only when talking about volcanoes.
It does not always refer to an explosion.
It should not be used to describe flowing lava.
It is rarely used by volcano experts.

204. What does the word "pyroclastics?refer to?

Locations where volcanoes are likely to occur
Damage created by lava flows
Volcanoes that erupt frequently
Volcanic rock ejected during an eruption

205. According to the professor, what is emitted in a
pyroclastic flow?

Baseball-sized rocks
An extremely hot mixture of gas and rock
A slow-moving river of lava
A large cloud of dust and ashes

206. What does the professor use the example of the eruption
of Mount Pelée to show?

How destructive a pyroclastic flow can be
How scientists were able to predict a volcanic
eruption
How large some volcanic rocks can be
How a volcano forms







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