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This is where the weaknesses in the earths crust lie and it is the easiest place for lava to spew out of these weaker areas, therefore forming volcanoes

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Q: Why volcanoes are commonly found of the edges of earths moving plate?
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Explain why volcanoes are commonly found at the edges of Earth's moving plates?

it is because the magma in the volcano makes it sink and the moving plates are vewwy vewwy cool


Where are the volcanoes and the earthquakes commonly situated?

Around the edges of tectonic plates.


Why are most earthquakes and volcanoes located near plate boundaries -?

Earthquakes and volcanoes frequently occur where edges of the earths plates are colliding and or moving away from another.


Why are volcanoes are commonly found at the edges of earth moving plates?

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What do you call volcanoes that aren't on plate boundary edges?

Such volcanoes are hot spot volcanoes.


Are volcanoes and earthquakes located in the middle of continents?

volcanoes form in many places like Hawaii and some in Asia but they are everywhere mostly in the middle there ane NO volcanoes in U.S. excluding Hawaii


Are volcanoes and earthquakes more frequently located along the edges or the middle of the continents?

edges


Do volcanoes form only on the edges of plates?

Yes


Where do volcanoes tend to exist?

On the edges of plate boundaries


Where are earthquakes and volcanoes typically found?

Earhquakes and volcanoes are typically found near the edges of tectonic plates.


Why Are Volcannoes Found Where They Are?

majority of valcanoes follow the edges of the tectonic plates, which are the weaker parts of earths crust, therefore volcanoes form durin the crust giving away to the pressure built up. other volcaoes form other places due to weak parts of earths crust


Why do earthquakes and volcanoes occur near the edges of the continents?

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