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Why do volcanoes form along some plate boundaries but not along others?
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∙ 14y ago
Volcanoes generally form where the oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate.
If you think of the ocean floor as a conveyor belt running outwards in both directions from the centre. (New floor is created by material forced from below).
where it meets the continental plate it is driven underneath, causing great friction and the associated heat.
This heat will melt the rock and the pressure forces the molten rock to the surface.
This creates a volcano.
Other plate boundaries not associated with the ocean floor will either be convergent, (pushing towards each other) divergent, (pulling away from each other) or strike-slip.(rubbing up against each other).
These plate boundaries are likely to have earthquake zones as the pressures mount between them.
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Where do most of earth volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
along plate boundaries
Volcanoes tend to exist along major plate boundaries what two boundaries exist that cause the volcanoes to exist along the cascade range in the pacific northwest?
Pacific plate and north american plate
Volcanoes that form along convergent plate boundaries are located?
at the edge of plate collisions
Can volcanoes form along divergent plate boundaries on land?
yes
Volcanoes usually occur along what plate boundaries?
transform and divergent
Where do most of earth volcanoes and earthquakes occur?
along plate boundaries
Volcanoes tend to exist along major plate boundaries what two boundaries exist that cause the volcanoes to exist along the cascade range in the pacific northwest?
Pacific plate and north american plate
Where do earthquakes volcanoes and mountains occur along?
Along the tectonic plate boundaries.
What volcanoes are located are located along plate boundaries?
Which volcanoes are located at hot spots
Volcanoes that form along convergent plate boundaries are located?
at the edge of plate collisions
Why do volcanoes form along plate boundaries?
Think of how pimples are formed.
What voncanoes are located along a diverging plate boundaries?
Submarine volcanoes.
Can volcanoes form along divergent plate boundaries on land?
yes
Volcanoes usually occur along what plate boundaries?
transform and divergent
Where do volcanoes occur around divergent plate boundaries?
yes they do occur along divergent boundaries
What happens along a plate boundary that leads to high occurrences of volcanoes?
Subduction happens along plate boundaries which pushes up magma which then creates volcanoes.
Why do so many of earths volcanoes form along plate boundaries?
Lava easily spews out of plate faults making volcanoes.
