Volcanoes are like giant painters who use lava as their paint and the ground as their canvas. When a volcano erupts, it spills hot lava onto the land, which hardens into new mountains or islands. Over time, this process makes big changes to Earth’s surface, just like an artist creates new pictures with every brushstroke.
Examples
- Lava from a volcano slowly builds up to form a mountain over many years.
- Ash from an eruption covers the ground, forming a new layer that changes the shape of the land.
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See also
- Why Do Volcanoes Explode?
- What Makes a ‘Volcano’ Different from a ‘Mountain’?
- What Makes a ‘Volcano’ Erupt So Violently?
- What is uplift?
- Why Do Volcanoes Erupt?