This document discusses different types of volcanoes. It provides descriptions of cinder cones, shield volcanoes, composite volcanoes, and lava domes. Cinder cones are symmetrical cones up to 1,200 feet tall formed from a single vent. Shield volcanoes are very broad with shallow slopes and can be over 30,000 feet tall. Composite volcanoes are also known as stratovolcanoes, ranging from 1-10 km wide and up to 10,000 feet tall with steep slopes. They have explosive, dangerous eruptions. Lava domes are much smaller formations that occur when lava is too viscous to flow, piling up in a dome shape around 100 feet tall. Examples of each type
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