THE Types of volcanoes There are three types of volcanoes shield, cinder cones and composite volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are large volcanic Forms with that are broad at the top and have low, sloping sides. This type of volcano is caused by slow, basaltic lava flows. Cinder cones are cone shaped volcanoes some are no more than a few meters and others get as big as high as 610 meters sometime more. Most of the tallest volcanoes …showed first 75 words of 338 total…

…showed last 75 words of 338 total…lava slowly oozing from a vent. Other eruptions are very violent, with lava and other materials being hurled hundreds of miles into the air. But lava is not the only thing that comes out of the vent at the top of the volcano gases also come out from within the earth. The gas comes out with the huge amounts of dust and ash that rise into the sky that can be seen from kilometres away.