VOLCANOES : The Types

Hi! It's been a long time and I am so back here! I'm gonna talk little bit about the main types of volcanoes!

So the 1st type is the Composite Volcano. One example of this is the Mount Vesuvius in Italy so here's what it looks like.


- In the Philippines, We have the Mount Mayon and Mount Pinatubo as an example of this.


2nd is the Shield Volcano and one example of this is the Mt. Mauna Loa in Hawaii and here's what it looks like.


FYI! There are no such sheild volcanoes found in the Philippines or our country of course!

- Has low, gentle eruptions.

Lastly the last one is called the Cinder-Cone Volcano and one example of this is the Mt. Paricutin in Mexico, and this is what it look likes,



- The height of a cinder cone volcano depends on the length of tine of the eruption. Why? The longer the eruption, the taller is the cinder cone volcano.
- The anatomy of a cinder cone volcano usually includes a bowl-shaped crater at the peak and a cone made up of the accumulation of cinders.
- Examples here in the Phils. include the Jolo group of Volcanoes which is located at Southwestern Mindanao.
- Sudden, violent eruptions! :O


Links about my personal readings on the topic! :

http://www.zmescience.com/other/science-abc/types-of-volcano/

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/volcanoes/vtypesvolcan1.html

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/hazards/volcanoes/types.html

VIDEOS!

GAME (Make sure you have good internet connection!)

http://discoverykids.com/games/volcano-explorer/


QUIZ (Make sure you have good internet connection! Tried and tested.)

http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_tarbuck_earth_8/19/5072/1298638.cw/index.html

My Reflection :
I find it easy to understand on the types of volcanoes is the Cinder-Cone Volcano, Why I find it interesting is this type of volcano spits out melted volcanic rock that solidifies into pebble sized, low density basalt materials called cinders.



One of my personal discoveries while studying the topic is that Cinder Cone Volcanoes have very steep sides and usually have a small crater on top and when magma erupts at the surface it can form different types of volcanoes depending on the viscosity, or stickiness, of the magma etc. I would like to expound more the Composite Volcanoes since I found it least appealing but I really love to expound it next time since I'm curious.