2. Types of Volcanoes By Katy Bottomley and Brian Rooney

4. Cinder Volcanoes

5. Built from lava fragments called cinders Grow rapidly Max 250m in height 500m in diameter Steep conical hill formed above a vent Eruptions usually don’t cause loss of life

6. Location 100 cinder cones on the flanks of Mauna Kea, Hawaii Most historically active is in Nicaragua One located in Paricutin, Mexico grew 300 ft in 5 days

7. Composite Volcanoes

8. Constructed from multiple eruptions Numerous of these volcanoes around the Pacific rim, known as the “Rim of Fire Also known as Strato volcanoes Often exceed 2500m in height Between eruptions they may seem extinct

9. Location Venus, Italy Japan’s Mt. Fuji Washington State’s Mt Rainier Mt Saint Helen’s

10. Shield Volcanoes

11. Largest Volcanoes on Earth Eruptions are only explosive if water somehow gets into the vent 90% of the volcano is lava Shallowly-sloping sides Largest volcano located on Mars

12. Location Mauna Loa, Hawaii Kilauea, Hawaii Mount Bachelor, Oregon Medicine Lake, California North Sister, Oregon

13. Location of the Worlds Volcanoes

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