Essay/Short Answer Worksheet
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1.  What is the Juan de Fuca Ridge?  Where is it located?  How is it related to volcanoes?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2.  What is a composite dome?  How does it differ from a lava dome?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3.  What is talus?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

4.  Why is the Mauna Kea volcano considered the largest mountain on earth?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5.  How were the Hawaiian islands formed?