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Many of these volcanoes are the resul of hot spots. At these locations, extra hot plumes of mantle material build up below the crust and partially melt, forming magma that rises through the crust to form volcanoes.

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Why is there no volcanoes in the middle of the Caribbean sea?

The middle of the Caribbean Sea is over the middle of the Caribbean Plate. Most volcanoes form near the edges of tectonic plates. For example, the lesser Antilles are composed in part of volcanoes at the margin of the Caribbean Plate.


Can a volcano form in the middle of the pacific plate?

Yes, volcanoes can form in the middle of tectonic plates, including the Pacific Plate. This type of volcano is usually known as a "hotspot volcano" and is caused by a hotspot of magma beneath the plate. The Hawaiian Islands are a prominent example of hotspot volcanoes that have formed in the middle of the Pacific Plate.


Why can some volcanoes be found in the middle of plates?

Some volcanoes can be found in the middle of a plate as it floats over a hot spot. This is where there is molten magma in the earth's crust that is very close to the earth's surface. They usually occur when there is a hole in the middle of the tectonic plate, causing the magma to seep through, slowly making a pile of rock.


Where do volcanos not form?

Volcanoes form on the ring of fire on the tectonic plates in the Atlantic Ocean so if you go further and further into the Atlantic Ocean there won't be volcanoes. And also on places that are miles from tectonic plates there won't be any there either. Just think if you were to go to a tectonic plate boundary there would be volcanoes now say you go 40 miles away from the tectonic plate there probably won't be volcanoes.


Is it true that tectonic plate boundaries are only locations where volcanoes form?

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Volcanoes most commonly form where?

volcanos mostly form on tectonic plate boundaries and hot stops


How are volcanic?

Volcanoes form when tectonic plates move on the surface of the earth. It occurs at transform plate boundaries. Tectonic plates are always moving slowly, but when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, it creates a Subduction zone known where volcanoes are found.


At what type of boundary do hot-spot volcanoes form at?

Hot-spot volcanoes form at intraplate boundaries, where a plume of hot magma rises from deep within the mantle, creating volcanic activity away from tectonic plate boundaries.


Volcanoes form on what plate?

Volcanoes form on tectonic plates at plate boundaries where magma from the Earth's mantle can rise to the surface. This typically occurs at divergent or convergent plate boundaries where there is movement and interaction between the plates, leading to volcanic activity.


What is the difference between hotspot volcanoes and volcanoes formed at plate boundaries?

Hotspot volcanoes form over a fixed hotspot in the mantle, resulting in a chain of volcanoes as the tectonic plate moves over it, like the Hawaiian Islands. Volcanoes at plate boundaries are formed by the interaction of tectonic plates, where one plate is forced under another (subduction) or plates move apart (divergence), creating volcanic activity along the boundary, like the Ring of Fire.


How can a folded mountain happen in the middle of a tectonic plate?

The tectonic plate boundaries come together and push up on each other to form mountains.


Volcanoes are able to form in several different plate-tectonic settings?

The type of tectonics where volcanoes occur are continental rift volcanism, hot spot, and continental volcanic arc. The other tectonics are subduction zones and rift valleys on a continental crust.