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• A volcano is a vent or
'chimney' that connects
cone molten rock (magma)
from within the Earth’s
crust to the Earth's
surface.
• The volcano includes the
conduit
surrounding cone of
erupted material.
magma chamber
A fissure vent opened on Hawaii's
Kilauea volcano.
CLASSIFICATION OF VOLCANOES
• Classifying volcanoes most often refers to
their life cycle
• Volcanoes can also be classified by type, that
is, the structure and composition of the
volcano
• Volcanoes can also be classified as to the kind
of eruption they produce
CLASSIFICATION OF VOLCANOES
• Active- volcanoes are those that have a record
of eruption within the last 600 years or those
that erupted 10, 000 years ago based on
analyses of their materials
• Inactive volcanoes, on the other hand, are
those that have not erupted for the last 10,
000 years and their physical form is being
changed by agents of weathering and erosion
through formation of deep and long gullies
Based on Life Cycle
• Active- A volcano will be classified as an active
volcano if at the present time it is expected to erupt
or is erupting already.
• Dormant- a volcano that is not erupting or predicted
to erupt in the near future. However, it has done so
in recordable history.
• A dormant volcano is also expected to have an
eruption sometime in the future
• Extinct- a volcano that no one
• expects will ever have another
• eruption.
3 common/basic
• Composite or strato volcano
• Shield Volcano
• Cinder Volcanoes
Here are 4 of the volcanoes that
comprise the big island of Hawaii.
Composite Volcano
• cone-shaped volcanoes
composed of layers of lava,
ash and rock debris.
• can grow to heights of
8,000 feet or more
Shield volcanoes
• are broad, domed-shaped volcanoes with long,
gently sloped sides. If you were to fly over top of a
shield volcano, it would resemble a warrior's shield,
hence the name.
Olympus mons on planet Mars
• steep, cone-shaped Cinder-cone Volcano
volcanoes built from lava
fragments called
'cinders.' These volcanic
cinders, also known as
'scoria,' are glassy
volcanic fragments that
explode from the
volcano and cool quickly.
Identify what type of volcano
What is caldera?
Magma Viscosity