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Types of volcanoes
Active, dormant, and extinct
Examples of volcanoes
100
A cone-shaped volcano with steep slopes
What is a composite volcano?
100
A volcano that has erupted recently or is likely to erupt soon.
What is an active volcano?
100
Sunset Crater, Arizona
What is an example of a cinder cone volcano?
200
A volcano that has thin smooth lava
What is a shield volcano?
200
A volcano that might become active soon
What is a dormant volcano?
200
A volcano taller than Mount Everest from the sea floor
What is Mauna Loa?
300
A volcano made mostly of rock and ash
What is a cinder-cone volcano?
300
A volcano unlikely to ever erupt again
What is an extinct volcano?
300
Mount Saint Helens
What is an example of a composite volcano?
400
Stratovolcanoes
What is another name for composite volcanoes?
400
A few hundred years ago.
What is the recent past/recently for volcanoes?
400
Mount Rainier and Mount Fuji
What are two examples of composite volcanoes?
500
The usual height of a cinder-cone volcano.
What is 1500 feet/ 500 meters?