CLASSIFICATION OF VOLCANOES

ACTIVE VOLCANO
HAS ERUPTED WITHIN

RECENT RECORDED

HISTORY
CLASSIFICATION OF VOLCANOES

DORMANT VOLCANO
HAS LITTLE EROSION
LOOKS FRESH
CAN BECOME ACTIVE ANY

TIME
CLASSIFICATION OF VOLCANOES

EXTINCT VOLCANO
HAS NOT ERUPTED WITHIN

RECORDED TIME
ERODED TO A LARGE

EXTENT
UNLIKELY TO ERUPT AGAIN
 JUST BECAUSE A VOLCANO HAS

BEEN SLEEPING A VERY LONG TIME,

THERE IS NO GUARANTEE IT WILL

NEVER ERUPT AGAIN.

THERE ARE NEALY 600 ACTIVE VOLCANOES EACH

OF WHICH CAN BRING ABOUT:

THERE ARE NEALY 600 ACTIVE VOLCANOES EACH
OF WHICH CAN BRING ABOUT:
THERE ARE NEALY 600 ACTIVE VOLCANOES EACH
OF WHICH CAN BRING ABOUT:
OTHER MATERIALS EJECTED BY AN ERUPTING

VOLCANO INCLUDE:
PROCESS WHEREIN MOUNTAINS ARE FORMED

WHEN MAGMA FLOWS OUT OF A SMALL FAULT IN

THE CRUST, PILES UP ON THE SURFACE AROUND

THE OPENING CALLED CRATER, THEN COOLS AND

SOLIDIFIES
PARICUTIN VOLCANO IN MEXICO

ONE
ONE OF
OF THE
THE YOUNGEST
YOUNGEST VOLCANO
VOLCANO
FORMED
FORMED ON
ON FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 20,
20, 1943
1943
430-M
430-M GROWTH
GROWTH AFTER
AFTER A
A YEAR
YEAR
ERUPTED
ERUPTED ON
ON 1944
1944
STOPPED
STOPPED GROWING
GROWING ON
ON 1952
1952 AT
AT 3040
3040 M
M
DIDICAS VOLCANO IN BABUYAN SEA

INITIALLY
INITIALLY AN
AN UNDERWATER
UNDERWATER VOLCANO
VOLCANO
ROSE
ROSE TO
TO ABOUT
ABOUT 730
730 M
M FROM
FROM THE
THE SEA
SEA FLOOR
FLOOR
BECAME
BECAME A A VOLCANIC
VOLCANIC ISLAND
ISLAND IN
IN 1856
1856
DISAPPEARED
DISAPPEARED UNDER
UNDER WATER
WATER ININ 1907
1907
ROSE
ROSE TO
TO ABOUT
ABOUT 254
254 M
M ABOVE
ABOVE SEA
SEA LEVEL
LEVEL IN
IN JUNE
JUNE 30,
30, 1953
1953

WITH
WITH 1110
1110 M
M DIAMETER
DIAMETER BASE
BASE
ERUPTED
ERUPTED ININ MARCH
MARCH 1969
1969