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Currently there are over five thousand active volcanoes underwater varying from ones larger than any on the surface to cones no larger than an automobile.
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Can volcanoes occur underwater?
Yes and a great many of the earth's volcanoes are underwater.
What are some under water landforms that are under water?
their is volcanoes and underwater islands
What is the difference between Compare volcanoes that form on land with volcanoes that form in the ocean.?
Land Volcanoes eat lamas and underwater volcanoes eat camals
What are Underwater volcanoes called?
Underwater volcanoes are called submarine volcanoes. They form in a similar way as their continental counterparts, that is close to plate boundaries.
How are underwater volcanoes different from volcanoes that are above sea level?
jks
How do underwater volcanoes start?
with a bang
Why are island made?
underwater volcanoes
Where are volcanoes hidden?
Volcanoes aren't exactly hidden, but over the years, the sea level gets higher & higher, & some volcanoes go underwater, were we cannot see them at all.
Is forming underwater mountains and volcanoes convergent divergent or transform?
Underwater volcanoes and mountains can form at both convergent and divergent boundaries.
How do underwater volcanoes affect marine life?
Underwater volcanoes introduce substances into the water that bacteria can feed on. These bacteria are the source of nutrition for miniature ecosystems that emerge around such volcanoes.
ARE volcanoes found only in islands?
No, some volcanoes are underwater and when they erupt the magma gets higher and higher and forms on the ocean which is land. (that is how Hawaii was made)
What are the damages caused by a under water volcanoes?
All volcanoes have some dangers, of course. Some underwater volcanoes can lead to tsunamis or other forms of water disasters. Land volcanoes spit ouot hot ash and lava and molten rock, and smoke as well, so much so that you could be burned alive by boiling hot ash, choked to death by smoke or gas or burned by lava, or even crushed by falling rock.
