-All About Valcano-


The word of volcano was get from the name of Vulcano Island. Volcano is a rupted of planet's

surface which allow hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.



Volcano can be divided into 3 group:

1. Dormant - volcano that not erupted for a long time but have possibility to erupt again.
2. Extinct - volcano that have erupted for thousands years and might be dead.
3. Active Volcano - volcano that erupt rarely and can be erupted again soon.

Part of Volcano

1. Large magma chamber
2. Bedrock
3. Conduit
4. Base
5. Sill
6. Dike
7. Layers of ash emitted by volcano
8. Flank
9. Layers of lava emitted by volcano
10. Throat
11. Parasitic cone
12. Lava flow
13. Vent
14. Crater
15. Ash cloud

Types of Volcano

Volcanoe because of repeated of ereptions. There are some tyoes of volcano based on their types of material:

1. Stratovolcano - buils from eruptions of lava and tephra that pile up in layers like cake. These type of volcanoes form symmetrical cones withsteep sides.
   


2. Cinder Cone Volcano - buils from erupting lava that rupture into small pieces. Lava pieces move downward to the ground, it cool and become harden into cinders. Cinder cone.


3. Shield Volcano - form from eruptions of flowing lava. Lava spread up and form gentle sloping slope. These shape are resembles a warrior's shield.