What are the different types of volcanoes?
Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes.
| Dome volcanoes | Cinder cones or dome volcanoes are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single vent that have been blown into the air, cooled and fallen around the vent. |
| Composite Volcanoes | Composite volcanoes are steep-sided volcanoes composed of many layers of volcanic rocks, usually made from high-viscosity lava, ash and rock debris. Mt. Rainier and Mount St. Helens are examples of this type of volcano. |
| Shield Volcanoes | Shield volcanoes are volcanoes shaped like a bowl or shield in the middle with long gentle slopes made by basaltic lava flows. Basalt lava flows from these volcanoes are called flood basalts. The volcanoes that formed the basalt of the Columbia Plateau were shield volcanoes. |
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TEACHER´S CORNER:
LESSON PLAN ON TYPES OF VOLCANOES
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WORKSHEETS TO PRACTICE:
circle-the-right-answer volcanoes
VIDEOS TO REVIEW:
Travelling across time / Viajando a través del tiempo 