Types of Volcanoes
Composite VolcanoComposite volcanoes are tall cone-shaped mountains. The volcano increases in size as lava, cinders, ash etc. are added to its slopes.
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Cinder cone VolcanoCinder cone volcanoes are the most common kind of volcanoes They are steep sided cones of basaltic fragments and are smaller and simpler than composite volcanoes.http://www.k12.hi.us/~kapunaha/student_projects/volc_blowout/cinder_cone_volcano.htm
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Shield Volcano |