Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii is huge and has gentle slopes; Mount Rainier in Washington is tall, with

much steeper slopes; and Paricutín in Mexico is smaller and has very steep slopes composed of loose
pyroclastic material. What type of volcano does each one represent, and what kind of volcanic activity
produced it? What will be an ideal response?


Mauna Loa is a shield volcano composed of fluid lava flows; Mount Rainier is a composite volcano
made of a combination of lava flows and explosive (pyroclastic) eruptions; and Paricutin is a cinder
cone made from short-lived pyroclastic activity

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