Science and Nature Quiz for 15 October 2014

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Question 1: What term is used for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurised rock is violently ejected from a volcano, formed when lava and water are mixed, due to the simultaneous actions of rapid cooling and rapid depressurisation?