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    A volcano is a mountain that forms when molten rock erupts through the surface of the Earth. Below the surface is a pool of molten rock. When pressure builds in the Earth's crust, eruptions occur where gas and rock shoot out of the opening, sometimes causing lava flows, ash clouds, mudslides and more.

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    A volcano is a mountain that forms when molten rock erupts through the surface of the Earth. Below the surface is a pool of molten rock. When pressure builds in the Earth's crust, eruptions occur where gas and rock shoot out of the opening, sometimes causing lava flows, ash clouds, mudslides and more.

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    A volcano is a mountain that forms when molten rock erupts through the surface of the Earth. Below the surface is a pool of molten rock. When pressure builds in the Earth's crust, eruptions occur where gas and rock shoot out of the opening, sometimes causing lava flows, ash clouds, mudslides and more.

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    A volcano is a mountain that forms when molten rock erupts through the surface of the Earth. Below the surface is a pool of molten rock. When pressure builds in the Earth's crust, eruptions occur where gas and rock shoot out of the opening, sometimes causing lava flows, ash clouds, mudslides and more.

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    A volcano is a land-form, a mountain, where molten rocks erupt through the surface of the planet.

    The
    volcano mountain opens downwards to a pool of molten rocks below the surface of the earth.

    When the pressure builds up in the earth’s crust, eruptions occur. Gasses and rock shoot up through the
    opening and spill over or fill the air with lava fragments. The volcano eruption can cause lateral blasts, hot
    ash and lava flow, mudslides, and more.

    Table of Contents:

     Categories of Volcanoes
     Types of Volcanoes

     Cinder Cones
     Composite Volcano
     Shield Volcano
     Lava Domes
     Types of Volcanic Eruptions
     Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs

    Categories of Volcanoes
    Volcanoes are categorised into three main categories:

     Active
     Dormant
     Extinct
    An active volcano is one which has recently erupted and there is a possibility that it may erupt soon.

    A dormant volcano is one that has not erupted in a long time but there is a possibility it can erupt in the
    future.
    An extinct volcano is one which has erupted thousands of years ago and there’s no possibility of an
    eruption.

    You might want to read the following articles to better understand volcanoes:

     What are Volcanoes?


     Volcanic Eruption
     How to Make a Volcano

    Types of Volcanoes
    Volcanoes are grouped into four types:

     Cinder cones
     Composite volcanoes
     Shield volcanoes
     Lava volcanoes

    Cinder Cones
    Cinder cones are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single vent that have been
    blown up. Cinder cones result from eruptions of mostly small pieces of scoria and pyroclastics that build up
    around the vent.

    Most cinder cones erupt only once. Cinder cones may form as flank vents on larger volcanoes, or occur on
    their own.

    Composite Volcano
    Composite volcanoes are steep-sided volcanoes composed of many layers of volcanic rocks, usually made
    from high-viscosity lava, ash and rock debris. These types of volcanoes are tall conical mountains composed
    of lava flows and other ejecta in alternate layers, the strata that give rise to the name.

    Shield Volcano
    Shield volcanoes are volcanoes shaped like a bowl or shield in the middle with long gentle slopes made by
    basaltic lava flows. These are formed by the eruption of low-viscosity lava that can flow a great distance
    from a vent.

    They generally do not explode catastrophically. Since low-viscosity magma is typically low in silica, shield
    volcanoes are more common in oceanic than continental settings. The Hawaiian volcanic chain is a series of
    shield cones, and they are common in Iceland, as well.

    Read More: Shield Volcano


    Lava Domes
    Lava domes are formed when erupting lava is too thick to flow and makes a steep-sided mound as
    the lava piles up near the volcanic vent. They are built by slow eruptions of highly viscous lava.

    They are sometimes formed within the crater of a previous volcanic eruption. Like a composite
    volcano, they can produce violent, explosive eruptions, but their lava generally does not flow far
    from the originating vent.

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