I Think NotScience brain teasers require understanding of the
physical or biological world and the laws that govern it. "One
of the volcanoes on the Hawaiian islands just erupted and sent
all kinds of rock and ash into the air! I just saw it on the
news!", Fred spouted, running into the room. Everyone paid close
attention to the television set as they changed it to the news
channel. Liz, knowing that isn't true said, "Hawaii? I think
not". How did Liz know the eruption never happened? HintHawaii
has eruptions every day. The way Fred explained it is what is
wrong. AnswerThe type of volcano on Hawaii is a "Shield"
volcano, and the volcano Fred explained is a "Composite"
volcano. A shield volcano has slowly flowing lava with no ash
spouting out. Every volcano on Hawaii is this way. On the other
hand a composite volcano shoots out rock and ash, with a small
amount of lava. A good example would be Mt. St. Helen's. If a
composite volcano were to erupt it would not be on Hawaii. See
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