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Are volcanic eruptions rare?
Volcanic eruptions are common in some of the Earth's volcanic hot-spots.
Hot spots are areas of volcanic activity located over rising?
Mantle plumes
Why did Australia have volcanic activity even though it is not located on a plate edge?
hot spots
What is an area of volcanic activity that develops above rising plumes of magma?
Areas of volcanic activity that develop above rising plumes of magma are called hot spots.
What is the plate that contain the most hot spots?
Probably the pacific Plate. The permanent hot spots are revealed by chains of volcanic islands. The chain itself reveals the direction the plate is moving.
Are volcanic eruptions rare?
Volcanic eruptions are common in some of the Earth's volcanic hot-spots.
What is the area that creates volcanic mountains?
There are two areas where volcanic mountains often form. They are subduction zones and hot spots.
Is a volcanic island transform?
No. Volcanoes do not form at transform boundaries. Volcanic islands can form at convergent boundaries and at hot spots.
Hot spots are areas of volcanic activity located over rising?
Mantle plumes
Why did Australia have volcanic activity even though it is not located on a plate edge?
hot spots
What is an area of volcanic activity that develops above rising plumes of magma?
Areas of volcanic activity that develop above rising plumes of magma are called hot spots.
What is the plate that contain the most hot spots?
Probably the pacific Plate. The permanent hot spots are revealed by chains of volcanic islands. The chain itself reveals the direction the plate is moving.
What features form at a hot spot.?
They form volcanic mountains by heating magma that breaks through the crust. On the oceanic plates, these crustal hot spots can form chains of volcanic islands such as the Hawaiian Islands.
What plate boundary are volcanic islands?
Volcanic islands typically form near subduction zone, but they can also form at hot spots, which are not associated with plate boundaries.
Is volcanic activity on Venus caused by plate tectonics?
No. Scientists believe that the crust of Venus is too thick to support plate tectonics. Volcanic activity is likely driven by hot spots.
What is the difference between volcanic island and volcanic arc?
Volcanic arcs form at plate subduction zones. Island arcs are volcanic islands that form over "hot spots" in the Earth's mantle. Because the islands are moving with the oceanic plate, they eventually are removed from the hot spot, forming a chain of islands in the direction of the plate movement.
Why Florida is not part of a volcano belt?
Florida is not near any plate boundaries or hot spots.
