How Are Volcanoes Formed?

Volcanoes happen when the earth gets angry and lets out its hot breath. Imagine the Earth is made of layers, like an onion, inside there's a hot soup called magma. When this soup becomes too full, it pushes through cracks in the ground, making lava flow out and creating a volcano. It’s like a pressure cooker that explodes when it can’t hold any more heat!

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  1. A kitchen pressure cooker exploding when it's too full is like a volcano erupting.
  2. Hot soup rising through cracks in a plate, just like magma rising to the Earth’s surface.
  3. Lava flowing from a volcano is like melted cheese oozing out of a pizza oven.

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