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Q: What do tectonic plates have to do with causing volcanoes?
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How are tectonic plates involved in causing earthquakes and volcanoes?

the tectonic plates shake under the earth causing earthquakes


Are volcanoes in the center of tectonic plates?

no


Why are there so many active volcanoes along the ring of fire?

because the tectonic plates move in a certain way causing them to do that.


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.


Can vocanoes ever stop erupting?

Yes. Volcanoes can "die" fissures in tectonic plates allow magma to rise, causing volcanoes, and these can move, or cease to emit magma.


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


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.....