Volcano Types

Question 1

Dome Volcano description

Answer 1

Steep sided convex cones with layers of lava

Question 2

What sort of lava does a dome volcano have?

Answer 2

Rhyolitic

Question 3

Cinder cone volcano description

Answer 3

Classic pyramid shape, formed from ash.

Question 4

What sort of lava does a cinder cone volcano have?

Answer 4

Cooled adesetic

Question 5

Composite volcano description

Answer 5

Classic pyramid shape with layers of ash and lava

Question 6

What sort of lava does a composite volcano have?

Answer 6

Adesetic

Question 7

Sheild volcano description

Answer 7

Gentle sloping sides. (Can be hotspots)

Question 8

What sort of lava does a sheild volcano have?

Answer 8

Basaltic

Question 9

Fissure volcano description

Answer 9

Wide lava plateaus

Question 10

What sort of lava does a fissure volcano have?

Answer 10

Basaltic

Question 11

Caldera volcano description

Answer 11

Magma chamber may be emptied by violent eruptions and overlying roof may collapse leaving a large depression

Question 12

What sort of lava does a caldera volcano have?

Answer 12

Adesetic and rhyolitic