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At boundaries where one plate subducts, or moves under, the less dense plate, the subducting plate carries with it water and other easily vaporizes substances called volatiles. This lowers the melting point of the surrounding rock, causing some of it to melt. The resulting magma then rises toward the surface, potentially forming volcanoes.
At boundaries where two plates move apart there is an area where the crust is very thin. This lowers the melting point of the material, causing some of it to melt, rise to the surface, and form volcanoes.
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Are volcanoes in the center of tectonic plates?
no
How do tectonic plates form volcanoes?
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What are the landforms that you call volcanoes created by?
tectonic plates colliding
Where are most active volcanoes abundant?
Edges of tectonic plates
Were do volcanoes appear the most?
Where the Earth's tectonic plates lie.
Are volcanoes in the center of tectonic plates?
no
Can volcanoes be cause by spreading tectonic plates?
no
What occurs at the edge of tectonic plates?
Scientists observed that volcanoes and earthquakes occur at the edge of tectonic plates.
Why are no volcanoes found in certain parts of world?
Volcanoes are only found on the edge of tectonic plates & they can also be found on cracks in the tectonic plates which is un-common
How are tectonic plates involved in causing earthquakes and volcanoes?
the tectonic plates shake under the earth causing earthquakes
Where do volcanoes mostly form?
Volcanoes usually form where tectonic plates meet.
Where are volcanoes most likely to develop?
On tectonic plates.
Where are volcanoes normally located?
Over tectonic plates.
What primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
Tectonic plates
How volcanoes and earthquakes happen?
something about tectonic plates.....
How do tectonic plates form volcanoes?
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Are volcanoes and earthquakes manmade?
No. They are caused by the shifting of tectonic plates.
