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Volcano
by jose angel garcia gomez and alejandro
cuthy gomez
• Types of volcano
Composite volcanoes
• Volcanic activity
is responsible
for building up
much of earths
surface. lava
from volcanoes
cools and
hardens into
three types
of mountains
Shield volcanoes
• Quiet eruptions
gradually build
up gently
sloping
mountains
Cinder cone volcano
• Ash ,cinder and
bombs erupt
explosively to
form a cone
shaped hill
Lava plateau
• A lava plateau is
made up of
many layers, of
thin , runny lava
that erupt from
long cracks in
the ground
caldera
a caldera is a big
hole filled with
pieces of
volcanoes that
have fallen
inward , as well
as some lava
and ash
Volcano neck
• A volcanoes
neck forms
when magma
hardens in the
volcanoes pipe
sill
• When magma
squeezes
between
horizontal layers
of rock it forms
into sill
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jose garcia gomez and
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