Volcanoes

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Name the three types of Volcanoes
Composite. Shield. Dome
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State the characteristics of a Composite Volcano
Made up of ash and lava thats erupted, cooled and hardened in to layers. The lava is usaully thick and flows slowly. It hardens quickly to form a steep-sided volcano
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State the characteristics of a Shield Volcano
made up of only lava. The lava is runny. it flows quickly and spreads over a wide area, forming a low, flat volcano.
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State the characteristics of a Dome Volcano
Made up of only lava. The lava is thick. it fows slowly and hardens quickly, forming a steep-sided volcano.
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How Volcanoes are formed on a contructive plate margin.
The magma rises up in to the gap created by the plates moving apart, forming a volcano.
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Hotspots.
some volcanoes also form over part of the mantle that are really hot. e.g. in Hawaii.
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State the characteristics of a Composite Volcano

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Made up of ash and lava thats erupted, cooled and hardened in to layers. The lava is usaully thick and flows slowly. It hardens quickly to form a steep-sided volcano

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State the characteristics of a Shield Volcano

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State the characteristics of a Dome Volcano

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How Volcanoes are formed on a contructive plate margin.

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Farmer_

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Very noice

georgie_xox

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these are really good flash cards !

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