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Answer Key for Explosivity Work Sheet

1. Hawaiian, Strombolian, Vulcanian, Plinian, and Ultra-Plinian
2. paroxysmal
3. Hawaiian and Strombolian
4. The volume of a level 6 eruption is ten times that of a level 5 eruption
5. 10-25 km
6. 1 cubic km
7. yearly
8. violence of eruption, plume height, volume, and frequency of occurrence.

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