Volcanoes:

From the outside, a volcano just looks like a mountain with an opening on the top, but there is so much more to learn that you can’t see from just looking at it from the outside. This includes what happens inside and below the volcano and what type of organisms live around the volcano itself. To learn about the creation of a volcano and what is created in a volcano is something you have to look at from a closer perspective.
There are several different ways a volcano can form because there are several different types of volcanoes. The first one is called shield volcanoes. These types of volcanoes can grow to be extremely large. Some of the oldest volcano remains are believed to be shield volcano remains. These volcanoes are tall and wide, with flat and rounded sides. Mauna Loa, one of the largest of the shield volcanoes, rises over 13,000 feet above sea.
Another type of a volcano is called a cinder cone. This particular type runs very small, about the size of a hill. They are usually made from piles of lava being shot out by one single opening and landing in a large pile. Cinder cones are a lot smaller than shield volcanoes and don’t cause as much damage. Famous cinder cones include Paricutin in Mexico and one located in the middle of Crater Lake.
The last type of volcano is a composite volcano, also known as a strato volcano. Unlike shield volcanoes, which are flat and wide, composite volcanoes are tall and steep. These volcanoes can rise up to 10,000 feet high. They are created by lava, ash and cinders. They are also described to be the most majestic kind of volcano. Some famous composite volcanoes are located in Italy and Japan as well as several in the United States.
There are advantages and disadvantages of living near a volcano. You have to live with the danger of the volcano erupting at any moment. Vacationers are taken away at the sight of volcanoes, but are also scared to stay around it too long. After a volcano erupts, the soil becomes rich and able to produce crops. This is why many farmers grow plants on these grounds near the volcano. It also creates a living area for plants to grow around the volcano that are not crops.
There is so much more to volcanoes than what you can see on the outside. Composite, cinder cone, and shield volcanoes can don't evem mean anything to you until you look at them in a different way and learn about them. Sometimes you have to look at something from a different perspective to see its value.