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    Volcanoes form where tectonic plates meet, allowing molten rock to escape from underground. There are three main types of volcanoes: cinder cone volcanoes, which are small and cone-shaped; composite volcanoes like Mount Fuji, which can explode violently; and shield volcanoes like those in Hawaii, which erupt frequently but gently and form broad, low mountains.

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    Cinder Cone Volcanoes:: Active Volcanos

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    Volcanoes form where tectonic plates meet, allowing molten rock to escape from underground. There are three main types of volcanoes: cinder cone volcanoes, which are small and cone-shaped; composite volcanoes like Mount Fuji, which can explode violently; and shield volcanoes like those in Hawaii, which erupt frequently but gently and form broad, low mountains.

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    Volcanoes form where tectonic plates meet, allowing molten rock to escape from underground. There are three main types of volcanoes: cinder cone volcanoes, which are small and cone-shaped; composite volcanoes like Mount Fuji, which can explode violently; and shield volcanoes like those in Hawaii, which erupt frequently but gently and form broad, low mountains.

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    A volcano is an opening in the Earths surface where molten rock can escape from

    underneath. The Earths surface is made up of tectonic plates, which are spreading
    apart, crunching into each other, or sliding beside one another. Volcanoes are typically
    found at the fault lines between these plates. There can be active volcanos, which are
    currently, or have recently erupted. There are also dormant volcanoes, which havent
    erupted recently, and extinct volcanoes, which will never erupt again.
    There are 4 major types of volcanoes:
    Cinder Cone Volcanoes:
    These are the simplest type of volcano. They occur when
    particles and blobs of lava are ejected from a volcanic vent.
    The lava is blown violently into the air, and the pieces rain
    down around the vent. Over time, this builds up a circular or
    oval-shaped cone, with a bowl-shaped crater at the top.
    Cinder cone volcanoes rarely grow larger than about 1,000
    feet above their surroundings.

    Composite Volcanoes:
    Composite volcanoes, or stratovolcanoes make up some of
    the worlds most memorable mountains: Mount Rainier,
    Mount Fuji, and Mount Cotopaxi, for example. These
    volcanoes have a conduit system inside them that channels
    magma from deep within the Earth to the surface. They can
    have clusters of vents, with lava breaking through walls, or
    issuing from fissures on the sides of the mountain. With all
    this material coming out, they can grow thousands of meters
    tall. As weve seen with the famous Mount Saint Helens,
    composite volcanoes can explode violently.

    Shield Volcanoes:
    These are large, broad volcanoes that look like shields from
    above hence the name. The lava that pours out of shield
    volcanoes is thin, so it can travel for great distances down
    the shallow slopes of the volcano. These volcanos build up
    slowly over time, with hundreds of eruptions, creating many
    layers. Theyre not likely to explode catastrophically. Perhaps
    the best known shield volcanoes are the ones that make up
    the Hawaiian Islands, especially Mauna Loa and Mauna
    Kea.

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