Question

What are three examples of shield volcanoes?

Answer 1

Hint: Volcanoes will break suddenly which exist in the earth crust and earth crust is the outer layer of earth .Usually volcanoes are located or found in the underwater and when volcanic eruption occurs hot lava, volcanic ash and gases are discharged from the volcanic vent. Volcanic eruptions will be very dangerous.

Complete step-by-step solution:
There are three types of volcanic eruptions and they are magmatic eruptions, phreatomagmatic eruptions and phreatic eruptions and volcanic eruptions will create food shortage and it is very dangerous. Active volcanic eruption is the one which is erupted within 10,000 years and an example of active volcanic eruption is biliran.
Based on their shape, volcanoes are classified as shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes will have low profile and shield volcanoes exactly look like a worrier’s shield. Shield volcanoes are formed by the eruption of low viscosity lava and it is the largest volcanoes on the earth.
Hawaii’s Mauna loa is an example of shield volcanoes and which is the largest shield volcano.
Tamu massif is an example of shield volcanoes and which is located in the Pacific Ocean.
Fernandina Island is an active shield volcano.
Mauna Kea ,karthala,erta Ale, Tolbachik,masaya, are the examples of shield volcanoes.

Note: Students there are many examples of shield volcanoes so while answering we mention the largest shield volcanoes examples and also the active shield volcanoes .shield volcano is also called as Kilauea volcano and there total 1500 active volcanoes are present in the worldwide from which 169 volcanoes are present in united states.