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Which type of boundaries cause volcanic activity and can result in the formation of islands

convergent

Which planet claims the largest volcanic cone in the solar system

Mars.

Which volcanoes are shaped in a sharp peak

Very tall volcanoes with sharp peaks are stratovolcanoes.

What is formed by the erosion of soft rock formations by flowing groundwater

caves

Which type of wave affects the surface of the land by causing it to rise and fall like waves on an ocean

L-wave

Which of these has a very high mineral content

hot spring

What forms when lava flows horizontally across a layer of rock

Forms of igneous rock are usually made. It is also known as lava rock and volcanic rock

Which volcanoes form from the fallen cinders and tephra of an eruption

Cinder Cone

When magma does not have enough pressure to break completely through the neck and into a central vent it forms

When magma does not have enough pressure to break completely through the neck and into a central vent, it forms a Dike.

Tectonic plates float on a layer of earth called the what

Lithosphere

Compared to landform crust the ocean crust is

younger

The crevice through which the magma bursts is called the .

fissure

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