Imagine a volcano as a boiling pot on the stove. If it’s just a little bit full, it might just spill slowly, like lava flowing out calmly. But if there’s a lot of bubbles and pressure inside, it can explode, sending rocks and ash flying high in the air! Some volcanoes are like calm pots, others are like volcanic popcorn popping all over.
Examples
- Mount St. Helens exploded with force, sending ash into the sky.
- Sometimes a volcano has both calm and explosive parts, like a lava flow followed by an explosion.
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See also
- How Does Every Single Type of Volcanic Eruption Work?
- How Do Volcanoes Shape Earth's Surface?
- How Does Volcanic eruption explained - Steven Anderson Work?
- What are composite volcanoes?
- What are calderas?