Why do you have mountains and volcanoes?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Mountains are formed by the movement and coliding of tectonic plates as they become deformed. Volcanoes form when the pressure of magma underneath the surface becomes too great for the ground to withstand and the magma explodes out of the ground forming craters and ridges.

Wiki User

∙ 15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Are volcanoes important for making mountains?

Yes volcanoes are very important for making mountains

What kind of volcanoes form mountains?

shield volcanoes

What do volcanoes form?

Mountains

Why are volcanoes usually near hills?

volcanoes are usually the mountains,the plate boundaries colliding depend on where the volcanoes are formed so they are not purposely always formed by mountains.

Are there giant volcanoes on mercury?

Yes, but they are not high mountains but shield volcanoes.

Are all volcanoes millions of years old?

Mountains yes, volcanoes no.

Submarine mountains that were once active volcanoes are called?

Submarine mountains that were once active volcanoes are called seamounts.

There are mountains and volcanoes in Montenegro?

Yes!

Are there volcanoes in mountains of Nepal?

yes

Can volcanoes and mountains be on an island?

yes

Is forming underwater mountains and volcanoes convergent divergent or transform?

Underwater volcanoes and mountains can form at both convergent and divergent boundaries.

Are all mountains formed by volcanoes?

No, most mountains are formed from rocks squashed up as the continents move round the Earth furthermore, not every volcano is a mountain - for instance Yellowstone park is a volcano and it is not a mountain.