The eruptions of the Hawaiian volcanoes may be described as explosive in comparison to the 1980 Mount St. Helens

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Question: The eruptions of the Hawaiian volcanoes may be described as explosive in comparison to the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.

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1. True
2. False

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2. False

The statement "the eruptions of the Hawaiian volcanoes may be described as explosive in comparison to the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption" is incorrect/false.

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Mount St. Helens' magma is inherently more explosive than others like Hawaiian volcanoes. It has higher amount of water & silica (64% silica and about 4% water) and it delivered to the earth's surface at higher pressure 'cause of higher magma viscosity.

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