Types of Volcanoes
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Types of VolcanoesQuestions
- What are the distinguishing characteristics of a stratovolcano?
- What are the distinguishing characteristics of a shield volcano?
- What is a caldera? How are they formed?
- What are three examples of shield volcanoes?
- What is a shield volcano? What types of eruptions are common at shield volcanoes?
- What is a cinder cone? What eruptive styles are common at cinder cones?
- What type(s) of eruptions are common on stratovolcanoes?
- How does the shape of a volcano relate to the average viscosity of the eruptive products of that volcano?
- What are the major types of volcanoes and what eruptions are typical at each type?
- What type of volcano is Hawaii?
- Does Italy have mostly composite, shield, or cinder cone volcanoes? Or, does it have a pretty equal amount of all three?
- Which type of volcano is built of alternating layers of lava flow, ash, and cinders?
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