Volcanoes

VOLCANO FACTS
By: Sydney Fallis

Stages of Volcanic Activity

Eruption Stage
Cooling and Inactive Stage

Types of Volcanoes
Cinder Cones
Composite
volcanoes

Splatter Cones
Complex Volcanoes

Types of Lava Rocks

Basalt
Obsidian
Andesite

Advantages of Volcanoes
Volcanoes provide resources for energy
extraction, also called geothermal
resources.
Nearly everywhere volcanoes are
located people use the rich soil for
farming.

Volcanic Eruptions
Name

Country

Height (m)

Last Erupted

Mt. Saint
Helens

United States

2,549

1950

Mt. Etna

Italy

3,323

1992

Mt. Hekla

Iceland

1,491

1980

Conclusion
There are many shapes and types of
volcanoes.
Many things can determine the type
and shapes of a volcano.
Eruption can be violent or quit, frequent
or not, and definitely unpredictable.