Composite Volcano

Composite Volcano
ByAlejandro
Facts about Composite volcanoes:
• Mount Kilimanjaro is located in northern Tanzania
• Mount Kilimanjaro is measured to be 19,340
• Farmers harvest bananas and coffee beans on lower parts
• The volcano is a tourist attraction
• Mount Kilimanjaro is dormant
• The mountain has ice and snow
• It rains a lot on the volcano
• Mount Kilimanjaro is surrounded by wildlife
• It takes a week to climb it
• Rich soils and rain fall make the slopes on the volcano
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Composite Volcano
By Jack C.
Facts about Type of volcanoes:
• Alternating layers of ash and Lava
• Known as strato volcanos
• Has dangerous steep sides
• An example of a composite volcano is Mount Vesuvius
• Collapsed from eruptions
• Started at 4,275 feet and 1,103 meters and dropped down to 4,190 feet
1,277 meters
• It sprouts ash,steam,lava, and cinders
• It is located in the mainland of Europe
• Mount Vesuvius is probably the most famous mountain in the world
• The top of the volcano is cup shaped
• Was the one that destroyed Pompeii on August 24 A.D. 79
Composite Volcano
By Kayla
Facts about composite of volcanoes:
• There type is tall
• They are symmetrically shaped
• Composite volcanos have steep sides
• They are built with volcanic ash and lava
• An example composite volcano is Mount Kilimanjaro
• It’s a dormant volcano
• Kilimanjaro is 19,340 feet (5,895 meters)
• It’s surrounded by wildlife in Tanzania and Kenya
• Farmers raised bananas and coffee on Mount Kilmajaro
• It’s in Tanzania and Kenya
• It’s the biggest volcano and mountain in Africa
• Has lots of snow and ice
• Mount Kilmajaro has two summits
Composite Volcano
By William
Facts about Composite Volcano
• Composite volcanos are made up of alternating layers of lava and ash
• Lava flows cinders and ash.
• They are also known as strata volcanos
• Sometimes rising 10,000 feet high
• For an example mount hood rises 11,239 feet and 3,426 meters.
• The most majestic volcanos
• Tall and symmetrically volcanos with steep sides.
• Mount hoods most recent eruptions took place from 1845 to1865.
Composite Volcanoes
By Phoebe
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• most majestic volcanoes is a composite it is also a steep volcano on it’s
sides
• The composite is tall, symmetrically shaped, and has steep sides
• The lava can rise to 10,000 feet hight
• A specific example is Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the
main land of Europe
• The volcano erupts frequently in 1900 it hit 4,275 feet 1,303 meters high
• Carter ring from 50 to 400 15 to 120 meters
• Sprouts column of steam, cinders and small amounts of lava
• Vesuvius is a cone within the rim or mount Somma with a big crater
• Many people lived on the bottom of mount Vesuvius
• the volcano soil is extreme ly fertile
Composite Volcano
By Danny
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• It is a majestic volcano
• Also known as a strato-volcano
• They are tall
• They are symmetrically shaped
• This volcano has multiple layers
• They have multiple vents
• A famous composite volcano is Mount Rainer
• It is 14,410 feet and 4,392 meters
• Gorge Vancouver discovered the mountain first and named it after his
friend
• Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump climbed it first
• A part of it is 5,400 ft
• It is in Seattle
Composite Volcano
By Jake
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• Powerful eruptions followed by gentle oozing of lava create alternating
layers of lava and stone/ash in the composite volcano
• The most majestic of the volcanoes are composite volcanoes
• They are also known as strato-volcanoes
• Today it stands 12,388 feet and 3,776 meters
• Mount Fuji lies on the island of Honshu, about 60 miles (97 kilometers)
south
• The Japanese call the mountain fuji-san or Fuji-yama
• The have long considered it a scared mountain
• Tens of thousands of people climb to its summit every year
Cinder Cone Volcano
By Devan
Facts about cinder cone volcanoes:
• It only has one vent
• They have a pot shaped crater
• An example is the Paricutin
• It is the newest volcano in the western hemisphere
• It is 460 feet tall and 140 meters high
• It was made on February 20th 1943
• And it is very steep and in one year it reached 1,102 feet and 336 meters
Shield Volcano
By Blake
Facts about Type of volcanoes:
• They have low slops
• They have wide sides
• More then one vent
• Not very bad eruptions
• Mount Etna is a shield volcano
• Mount Etna rises to 10,902 feet
• This volcano in eastern cost of the island of Sicily
• It has been erupting periodically for thousands of years
Shield Volcano
Lenny
Facts about shield volcanoes:
• Tall and broad with flat grounded shapes
• In Hawaii volcanoes exemplify the common type of shield volcano
• Built from of lava that flowed slowly out of the Earth, the shield
volcano’s sides are not very steep
• An example of a shield volcano like mauna loa is the largest volcano on
earth
• It lies on top of southeastern slope located in Hawaii
• 13,677 feet and 4,169 meters
• This volcanoes longest eruption was 18 months long
• Has more than one vent
• They have low slopes and almost always have large craters at there
summits
• These volcanos have lava that go a great distance
Composite Volcano
By JoJo
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• The most majestic volcano
• Also known as a strato volcano
• Sometimes rising 10,000 feet high
• It has very steep sides
• An example of a composite volcano is Mount St. Helens
• This volcano is located in the cascade mountains
• Main eruption was May 18,1980
• Responsible for 57 deaths
• Blasted away more than 10,000 feet from the peak and created a huge
crater
• Dormant from 1857-1980
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Composite Volcano
By Jane
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• Are very symmetrical
• They have rocky steep sides
• Most majestic volcanoes
• They have alternating layer of ash and lava
• An example of a composite volcano is Mount Fuji
• It is 12,388 feet tall
• Mount Fuji is in the west ofTokyo
• The top of Mount Fuji is inactive
• Has many vents
• Is the tallest volcano in Japan
• Has snow in the winter and does not in the summer
• Lies on the island of Honshu
Composite Volcano
By Aryan
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• Tall and symmetrically volcanos with steep sides
• Sometimes it grows up to 10,000 feet
• For an example Mount Pinatubo is 4,875 feet
• Mount Pinatubo is dormant and located in the Philippines
• It’s famous eruption date is 4/2/1991
• The eruption was very violent and killed hundreds of people
• It’s part of the Ring of Fire
• It made a crater 1.4 miles wide
• Caused avalanches of volcanic ash and debris
• The eruption released 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide
• It shot lava 22 million miles up
• Hasn’t erupted in 23 years
Composite Volcano
By Sammie
Facts about composite of volcanoes:
• There are alternating layers of lava and ash
• Composite volcanos have steep sides
• The last time Mount Hood erupted and took place in 1845 to 1865
• Mount Hood is located in northern Oregon
• Mount Hood’s size is 11,239 feet 3,426 above sea level
• Mount Hood is now inactive
• A composite volcano has multiple vents
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Shield Volcano
By Daniel P
Facts about Type shield volcanoes:
• They are not very steep
• They’re flat and very wide
• Pretty safe eruptions
• They have multiple vents
• A specific example of a shield volcano is Mount Kilaueq
• It’s 2 miles wide
• It’s 3miles long
• It’s over 500 feet deep at it’s deepest point
• In 1983 a period of eruptions happened
• This volcano is located in Hawaii
• It’s highest rim rises to an elevation of 4090 feet
• Its on an eastern slope thats on a bigger volcano
Shield Volcano
By Mariel Ratner
Facts about shield volcanoes:
• Are not very steep
• Can be very big
• Have flat and rounded shapes
• Shield volcanoes have big craters
• Have small magma chambers
• Also have multiple vents
• They don’t have big explosions
• Are a light color
• An example of one is the Kilauea volcano
• Kilauea is on the island of Hawaii
• Its craters about 3 miles long, 2 miles wide, and over 500 feet deep
• Its highest point is 4,090 feet tall
• Since the 1,950’s Kilauea has erupted very often
Composite Volcano
By Jack R.
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• This volcano has powerful eruptions
• It’s built up of lava flows, volcanic ash, and cinders
• It has multiple vents
• Sometimes can rise up to 10,000
• A specific example of a composite volcano is Mount Pinatubo
• It is located on an island of Luzon in the Philippines
• It’s About 55 miles ( 1486 ) high
• It is in the Pacific Ring of Fire
• Mount Pinatubo made a crater about 1.4 miles ( 2 kilometers ) wide
• In one of its eruptions lava shot 22 miles ( 35 kilometers ) into the air
• One eruption released about 20 million tons ( 18 metric tons ) of sulfur
dioxide into the atmosphere
• Hasn’t erupted in 23 years ( this year is 2014 )
Composite Volcano
By Ashley
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• Very tall and have steep sides
• Have alternating layers of lava and ash
• Symmetrically shaped
• One composite volcano is Mount Rainer
• Mount Rainer is named after british navel officer Peter Rainer
• Mount Rainer is 14,410 feet high
• Located in Washington near Seattle
• Mount Rainer is dorment
• Found by George Vancouver
• This volcano is 35 square miles
• The Wonderland Trail circles this volcano
• 4,392 meters
• This volcano is popular for cross country skiing
Composite Volcano
By Grant
Facts about composite volcanoes:
• They are tall
• Have Steep sides
• Alternating layers of ash and lava
• One famous composite volcano is Mount St. Helens
• It is located in the south of Seattle
• It erupted and killed 57 people and it erupted on May 18 1980
• The elevation after the eruption was 8,364 feet
• It erupted in 1980, 1986 and 2004
• Has more than one vent
• Symmetrically shaped
• Known as strato-volcanoes
• Peak in northern California last erupted in 1917
• Explosion flattened many trees
Composite Volcano
By Lola
Facts about composite volcanoes:
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• Most composite volcanoes rise about 1,000 feet high
• They alternate ash and lava inside
• Composite volcanoes are the most common out of the three types of
volcanoes
• They have multiple vents
• An example of a composite volcano is Mount Pelee’
• Mount Pelee’ rises about 4,583 feet above sea level
• The last time it erupted was in 1902
• When Mount Pelee’ erupted hot, red lava and gas swept down the
mountain and killed about 28,000 people
• Mount Pelee’ is located on the north end of Martinique in the french west
Indies