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What type a volcano is has nothing do do with its level of activity. A shield volcano may be active, dormant, or extinct.

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Q: Are shield volcanoes active or dormant?
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Are shield volcanoes active or extinct or dormant?

It can be either. The kind of volcano does not relate to its level of activity.


How are active volcanoes and dormant alike?

Active volcanoes and dormant volcanoes both have a likely chance to erupt and have erupted in the past.


What are Volcanoes that are not active but not dead either?

dormant volcanoes


The broad slightly dome-shaped volcanoes of Hawaii are?

Most volcanoes in Hawaii are active, meaning that they still erupt. Volcanoes that are not active are referred to as dormant.


What 2 types of volcanoes are there?

There are three. From smallest to largest, they are: Cinder Cones, Composite Volcanoes (also called Strata Volcanoes), and then Shield Volcanoes.


What are types of volcano?

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What are the two type of volcanoes?

there are three and they are Active Volcanoes, Dormant Volcanoes, and Extinct Volcanoes.


A sentence for dormant?

Some volcanoes are active, while others are dormant.


Are dormant volcanoes active?

That's like asking 'are sleeping people awake?'. Dormant volcanoes, by definition, are not active, though they can become active under certain circumstances.


What are non dormant?

Volcanoes that are still active. A dormant volcano is one that is sleeping.


How many dormant volcanoes are in Auckland?

There are 49 volcanoes in Auckland and 48 active ones but I don't know how many dormant volcanoes there are in Auckland.


Who long can a volcano stay dormant?

dormant volcanoes are not as active as active volcanoes, but can erupt unexpectedly. the only volcanoes that we know when will erupt for sure are extinct volcanoes, because they will never erupt again.