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Volcanoes are usually found where tectonic plates are diverging (pulling apart) or converging (coming together). A mid-oceanic ridge (Mid-Atlantic Ridge) has examples of volcanoes caused by divergent tectonic plates that are pulling apart. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates that are coming together.

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Do volcanoes form near colliding plate boundaries?

yes


Do most volcanoes form near colliding plate boundaries?

Most volcanoes do form near colliding plate boundaries where subduction occurs, such as the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean. However, volcanoes can also form in other geologic settings, such as hotspots and rift zones.


Are most volcanoes formed near colliding plate boundaries?

... Yes that is exactly where they form and the most dangerous volcanoes are formed in this area by wide opening, colliding plates.


Is it true that many volcanoes form near colliding plate boundaries where oceanic crust returns to the mantle?

Yes


What volcano is formed along colliding boundaries?

Most of the volcanoes at convergent boundaries are stratovolcanoes.


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.


The boundaries between two colliding plates are called .?

The boundaries between two colliding plates is called a convergent boundary. Earthquakes and volcanoes are common near convergent boundaries, a result of pressure, friction, and plate material melting in the mantle.


What kind of plates cause volcanoes?

Plates do not cause volcanoes. Volcanoes generally form at the boundaries between plates. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.


What high mountain ranges without volcanoes are built at which type of plate boundary?

High mountain ranges without volcanoes are built at convergent continental plate boundaries. These vary greatly from divergent boundaries which cause volcanoes to form.


What happens at colliding boundries?

subduction happens and mountains and volcanoes form


What ocean plate and continental plate colliding?

At this type of convergent boundary the oceanic plate will be subducted, or sink into the mantle underneath the continental plate. Volcanoes often form near these boundaries.


Convergent boundaries can be divided into 3 categories what are these categories and what geological feature are created by each?

The categories are a continental and a continental plate colliding, continental and oceanic plates colliding, and oceanic and oceanic plates colliding. The two continental plates form mountains. The continental and oceanic plated colliding cause subduction zones and volcanoes. Oceanic and oceanic plates colliding form a trench.