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

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Are shield volcanoes active or dormant?

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


What are types of volcano?

I really need to know what are the three main types of volcanoes??? A:the three main types of volcanoes are: active volcanoes dormant volcanoes extinct volcanoes -shiv kumar.v


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 the volcanoes in Hawaii?

Mauna Loa, Halekala Shield volcanoes. Mauna Kea, Diamond Head,


Is a shield volcano an active volcano?

A shield volcano can be active, dormant, or extinct. It is characterized by gentle sloping sides and a broad, flat profile, formed by the accumulation of fluid lava flows. Some famous shield volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii, are active and regularly erupt.


Volcanoes that are quiet are what kind of volcanoes?

Quiet volcanoes can be either dormant or extinct. An extinct volcano, as you may have guessed, has not erupted for a very long period of time and will not erupt in the future. A dormant volcano, however, is just sleeping. You probably get up all groggy after a good sleep.If you mean volcanoes that erupt quietly, as in not explosively, then those are generally shield volcanoes.


Classification of Volcano according to activity?

There are ten types of volcanoes. The types of volcano are as follows: fissure vents, shield volcanoes, lava domes, crypto-domes, volcanic cones, stratovolcanoes, super-volcanoes, submarine volcanoes, subglacial volcanoes, and mud volcanoes.


What is a non-active volcano called?

A shield volcano most commonly found at hot-spots and island chains such as Hawaii they have shallow flanks, a wide base, and runny lava which is frequently erupted, so it is non-explosive because there is little pressure build up


The broad slightly dome-shaped volcanoes of Hawaii are?

known as shield volcanoes. They are characterized by their gentle sloping sides and broad, flattened profiles. These volcanoes are formed by quiet eruptions of low-viscosity lava that travels long distances before solidifying, creating a shield-like shape.


Volcano that is unlikely to erupt again?

An extinct volcano is one that will never erupt again.


What is the famous volcano in Hawaii is called what?

The dormant volcano on Maui is Haleakala


What are the different types of volcano classifications?

There are mainly four types of volcano classifications based on their shape and eruption style: stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes), shield volcanoes, cinder cone volcanoes, and lava dome volcanoes. Stratovolcanoes have steep sides and explosive eruptions, shield volcanoes have gentle slopes and non-explosive eruptions, cinder cone volcanoes are small and composed of tephra, and lava dome volcanoes are formed by thick lava flows.