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What is a mountain on the ocean floor that can turn into volcanic islands?
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∙ 12y ago
seamounts :) hope it helps :D
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Can something be both a mountain and a volcano?
A mountain could be a volcano and a volcano can be a mountain. A volcanic mountain is only one type of mountain. Mt. St. Helens in the United States is a volcanic mountain. The Hawaiian Islands are a string of volcanic mountains. And the world's largest mountain range is the mid-ocean ridge, created by diverging tectonic plates and volcanism.
How are the geological events related to plate tectonics?
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, formation of new volcanoes and new islands. Most of the Pacific Ocean islands like the Hawaiian Islands are volcanoes rising from the ocean floor. In other areas non-volcanic mountains are formed as plates collide and crumple.
What would happen if volcanic eruptions continued to occur on the sea floor?
There are volcanoes along the floor of the ocean that form a trench. When these volcanoes erupt, it can cause tectonic movements.
What ocean is Galapagos Islands in?
They are a group of volcanic islands either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean. A province of Ecuador
Iron rich volcanic rock that makes up much of the ocean floor is?
The volcanic rock that makes up most of the ocean floor is called sediment.
What is a submerged volcanic mountain on the ocean floor is?
Seamount
What is the definition of volcanic islands?
A Volcanic Island is an island that was made from volcanoes erupting from the ocean floor.
What are Mountains on the ocean floor that turn into volcanic islands called?
seamounts
Did the volcanic islands in the hawaiian islands rise from the ocean floor?
yes, otherwise they would be floating around
Volcanoes can form on the ocean floor.?
They can and do. Many small rocky islands in the pacific are volcanic in origin.
What are three islands off the northwest coast of Africa that are the tos of mountain?
The Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores are islands off the northwest coast of Africa with volcanic origin that form mountain tops rising from the ocean.
What continent do the cayman islands belong?
Islands in an ocean don't belong to any continent. If they were part of a continent they wouldn't be islands would they? The African Continent is the continent nearest the Canary Islands, but the islands are the result of volcanic activity on the ocean floor.
What are long narrow valleys in the ocean floor found near islands or coastal mountain ranges?
trenches
Are long narrow valleys in the ocean floor found near islands or coastal mountain ranges.?
trenches
Can something be both a mountain and a volcano?
A mountain could be a volcano and a volcano can be a mountain. A volcanic mountain is only one type of mountain. Mt. St. Helens in the United States is a volcanic mountain. The Hawaiian Islands are a string of volcanic mountains. And the world's largest mountain range is the mid-ocean ridge, created by diverging tectonic plates and volcanism.
How are the geological events related to plate tectonics?
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, formation of new volcanoes and new islands. Most of the Pacific Ocean islands like the Hawaiian Islands are volcanoes rising from the ocean floor. In other areas non-volcanic mountains are formed as plates collide and crumple.
What would happen if volcanic eruptions continued to occur on the sea floor?
There are volcanoes along the floor of the ocean that form a trench. When these volcanoes erupt, it can cause tectonic movements.
