What are the different types of volcanoe?

Answer 1

Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes. They are:

Cinder Cones: They are circular or oval cones made up of small fragments of lava from a single vent. They have been blown into the air, cooled, and fallen around the vent.

Composite: They are steel-sides and composed of many layers of volcanic rocks. Mt. Rainier and Mount St. Helens are examples of this type of volcano.

Shield: Shaped like a bowl or shield in the middle, they have long gentle slopes made of basaltic lava flows. The volcanoes that formed the basalt of the Columbia Plateau were shield volcanoes.

Lava Volcanoes: Deep sided mound formed by lava that is too thick to flow. The lava piles up near the vent.

Answer 2

the different types of volcanoes are cinder cones, shield volcanoes and composite volcanoes. Cinder cones form from explosive eruptions. Shield volcanoes are composed of quiet lava flows. volcanoes built up of alternating layers of rock particles and lava are cold composite volcanoes

Answer 3

The main types of volcanoes are shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes (composite volcanoes), cinder cone volcanoes, and lava domes. Shield volcanoes have broad, gently sloping sides and are formed by fluid basaltic lava. Stratovolcanoes are tall, symmetrical cones built from alternating layers of lava flows, volcanic ash, and other volcanic debris. Cinder cone volcanoes are small, steep-sided cones built of loose pyroclastic fragments, and lava domes are formed by slow, viscous lava being pushed up from beneath the surface.