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What are the four main types of volcanoes mentioned in the text?
Composite cone volcanoes, shield cone volcanoes, cinder cone volcanoes, and lava dome volcanoes.
What causes composite cone volcanoes to have steep slopes?
Their more explosive eruption style and more felsic, viscous lavas.
What are volcanoes?
Volcanoes are openings or vents in the Earth's crust that can eject lava, rock fragments, and hot vapor and gases.
What are the characteristics used to differentiate the four main types of volcanoes?
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What are the three main types of volcanoes mentioned in the text?
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What are composite cone volcanoes made of?
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What is the difference between composite cone volcanoes and shield cone volcanoes?
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What are some examples of famous composite cone volcanoes?
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What are composite volcanoes composed of?
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How are shield volcanoes described?
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Why do shield volcanoes tend to flatten out?
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What are cinder cone volcanoes built from?
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What are composite volcanoes composed of?
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What is the shape of shield volcanoes?
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Why do shield volcanoes tend to flatten out?
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What are cinder cone volcanoes built from?
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What are the four types of volcanoes mentioned in the text?
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What are cinder cones made of?
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What is the most explosive type of volcano?
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What is the largest lava dome volcano on Earth?
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