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Volcano Facts
Study this (6th grade unit 2 standard)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Shield Volcano | Shield volcanoes are built by effusive eruptions, which flow out in all directions to create a shield like that of a warrior. |
| Cinder-cone volcano | A cinder cone is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as either volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or cinder that has been built around a volcanic vent. |
| composite volcano | A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash.[1] Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and p |
| how is a volcano formed? | However ,volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are pulled apart or come together. A mid-oceanic ridge, for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by "divergent tectonic plates" pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fir |
| what are the parts of the volcano? | A volcano is a mountain or a hill that is made when the magma from the center of the Earth makes it way up to the surface of the Earth making and opening in the mountain or hill. Once that has happened the magma slowly proceeds its way up to the Magma Cha |
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