You use a straw to blow an air bubble into a glass of milk. The bubble quickly escapes, if the milk is like magma and the air bubble is like water vapor trapped in the magma, what type of volcanic eruption would this produce?

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Cullen Riley

22 February, 21:15

You use a straw to blow an air bubble into a glass of milk. The bubble quickly escapes, if the milk is like magma and the air bubble is like water vapor trapped in the magma, what type of volcanic eruption would this produce?

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Lorenzo Blankenship · Answer 1

Volcanic eruptions may be quiet outflows of lava which are so peaceful that ... Some lavas are very "runny," not quite like water, but more like warm honey or hot wax ... Think about making bubbles by blowing air through a straw into a glass of liquid. If the liquid is water (low viscosity), the bubbles you form escape easily. The type of volcano and eruption from basaltic magma would be a cinder cone volcano. The eruption would be a mild explosive eruption. It would be mainly ash ...