AP Environmental Science

Types of Volcanoes

Shield Volcano

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(Flat and Long)

Cinder Cone

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(Tall with no point)

Composite Volcano (Stratovolcano)

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(Tall and pointy)

Super Volcano

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(Large with a large caldera)

Submarine Volcano

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(on the ocean floor, sometimes in shallow water)

Subglacial Volcano

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(Found underneath ice-caps)