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Table of Contents

• Types of volcanoes• Volcanoes in Continents• Parts of volcanoes• Locations of volcanoes• Multiple Eruption Volcanoes• Examples of Each Type of

Volcano

S3E1 – Students will investigate the physical attributes of rocks and soils.

Types of Volcanoes

Shield Volcano

Circular base, gentle slopes, basaltic, non-

explosive.

Composite Volcano

Large, explosive, fragments plus lava

Cinder Cone Volcano

Small, steep, ejected material

returns.

Volcanoes around the world

Volcanoes per Continent

050

100150200250

Austra

lia

South

Am

erica

North

Am

erica

Asia

Europ

e

Africa

Antar

ctica

Australia

South America

North America

Asia

Europe

Africa

Antarctica

Volcanoes Around the world

Antarctica2%

Africa13%

South America

11%

North America

27%

Europe4%

Australia6%

Asia37%

Parts of Volcanoes

Main Vent

Side Vent

Crater

Lava

World Map of Volcanoes

Multiple Eruption volcanoes

Kilauea- Hawaii

Vesuvius-

ItalyMt. St. Helen- Washington

March 2005March 18,

1944September 23,

2004

November 2000

79 AD May 18, 1980

Mount St. Helen

Mt. Kilauea

Mt. Parícutin

Examples of Types of Volcanoes

Types of Volcanoes

Shield Volcano

CompositeVolcano

Cinder ConeVolcano

Parícutin, Mexico

Mt. St. Helens, Washington

Kilauea,Hawaii

More Volcano Information

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