Multiple Choice
Maars are
A) lava flows on Earth's Moon.
B) cinder cones on the flanks of larger volcanoes.
C) lava flows in Hawaii that flow all the way to the ocean and are quenched by seawater.
D) craters formed by the interaction of magma with groundwater.
E) basaltic lava flows with low explosivity.
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