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The reason alot of volacanoes are around the plate boundaries is because the plates are floating on magma. They float around and sometimes they collide(or hit) eachother, causing the parts that hit to rise and form mountains or folds on the surface. The magma underneath also goes up into the volcano.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agothe plates move away from each other, they push together, or they slide against each other. mountains form when plates move toward each other, volcanoes form when plates move away from each other, and earthquakes form when plates slide against each other
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∙ 14y agoIn the case of colliding plates it is because of the melting of rock caused by the subduction of dense, cold, watery plates into the hot asthenosphere. The molten material rises toward the surface due to its buoyancy, causing volcanism. In a divergent plate setting, volcanism is caused by the decompression melting of the asthenospheric rock when plates separate, creating rift volcanoes.
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∙ 15y agowhen two continental plates collide they make volcanoes when two continental plates collide they make volcanoes
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∙ 11y agoIt is because plates cause earthquakes which can cause moutains near it to become into a volcano.
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∙ 12y agosubduction
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Where do volcanoes occur around divergent plate boundaries?
yes they do occur along divergent boundaries
Volcanoes usually occur along what plate boundaries?
transform and divergent
Where do most of earth volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
along plate boundaries
Do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur within plates or along the boundaries of plates?
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur mostly near the convergent plate boundary.
Why do so many of earths volcanoes occur along plate boundries?
Volcanoes occur near plate boudaries because volcanoes need water to erupt.
Where do volcanoes occur around divergent plate boundaries?
yes they do occur along divergent boundaries
Where do earthquakes volcanoes and mountains occur along?
Along the tectonic plate boundaries.
Volcanoes usually occur along what plate boundaries?
transform and divergent
Where do most of earth volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
along plate boundaries
Do volcanoes occur randomly over Earth's surface?
Volcanoes do not occur randomly over Earth's surface. They occur along the located mark of plate boundaries.
Do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur within plates or along the boundaries of plates?
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur mostly near the convergent plate boundary.
Why do so many of earths volcanoes occur along plate boundries?
Volcanoes occur near plate boudaries because volcanoes need water to erupt.
Where do most earthquakes and volcanos occure?
they are formed along the crustal movements of the earth.
Do volcanoes occur at sites other than along plate boundaries?
mhmmm (: its rarer though..
What types of Volcanoes can occur far from any plate boundaries?
Shield volcanoes may occur far from any plate boundaries.
Where volcanoes occur?
volcano occur in hot spot and diverging boundaries and converging boundaries.
Where are the majority of earthquakes and volcanoes in relation to the plate boundaries?
Most earthquakes occur on plate boundaries such as Japan and Chile and most volcanoes occur in diverging plate boundaries like Dallol and Iceland and the Pacific Ring of Fire like Ecuador and Indonesia
