a. Composite cones, or stratovolcanoes, are steep-sided volcanoes that erupt a variety of lavas that are stiff or pasty and do not flow easily.
b. There are four major groups of lava rocks: basalt, andesite, dacite, rhyolite.
c. Volcanoes have a crater at the summit formed around a vent through which lava, steam, ashes, etc. are expelled.