Cinder Cone Volcano

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All volcanoes are amazing to see in action. Cinder Cone Volcanoes, Stratovolcanoes, and Shield Volcanoes are different types of volcanoes with their similarities and differences. All volcanoes are magnificent features of Earth’s crust. One type of volcano is a cinder cone. “A cinder cone volcano doesn’t have any horizontal layers of solid lava flows mixed with layers of other rock,”stated on zmescience.com. Cinder cone volcanoes are sloped like a mountain, although they have a large number of very liquid lava flows. When people think of a volcano most of most of the time they think of a cinder cone volcano because of it’s tall and sloped cone shaped. “One kind of volcano is a cinder cone volcano, a volcano mainly made up of small rock particles,

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