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Volcanoes

Volcanoes. Volcanoes. How they are made?. A Volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth . The extreme presser pushes thought the weak spots and make a volcano. Cinder Volcano.

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Volcanoes

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  1. Volcanoes

  2. Volcanoes

  3. How they are made? • A Volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth. • The extremepresser pushes thought the weak spots and make a volcano

  4. Cinder Volcano Most cinder cones have a bowl-shaped crater at the summit and rarely rise more than a thousand feet or so above their surroundings. Cinder cones are the simplest type of volcano

  5. Composite volcano Some of the Earth's grandest mountains are composite volcanoes--sometimes called stratovolcanoes. They are typically steep-sided, symmetrical cones of large dimension built of alternating layers of lava flows, volcanic ash, cinders, blocks, and bombs and may rise as much as 8,000 feet above their bases.

  6. Lava Dome Volcano Volcanic or lava domes are formed by relatively small, bulbous masses of lava too viscous to flow any great distance; consequently, on extrusion, the lava piles over and around its vent. A dome grows largely by expansion from within. As it grows its outer surface cools and hardens, then shatters, spilling loose fragments down its sides. Some domes form craggy knobs or spines over the volcanic vent, whereas others form short, steep-sided lava flows known as "coulees." Volcanic domes commonly occur within the craters or on the flanks of large composite volcanoes.

  7. Shield Volcano The floor of the ocean is more than 15,000 feet deep at the bases of the islands. As Mauna Loa, the largest of the shield volcanoes (and also the world's largest active volcano), projects 13,677 feet above sea level, its top is over 28,000 feet above the deep ocean floor.

  8. The end By Caleb, Sam, Jessica, Chance

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