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As two plates spread apart from each other at the boundary, magma that was trapped below wells up between them. This magma can be released in the form of volcanoes or ooze out from rift valleys.

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What causes volcanoes to form at spreading plate boundaries?

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What type of plate boundary causes volcanic eruptions?

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What is the other name for a spreading plate boundary?

Divergent boundaries is the other name for a spreading plate boundary.


What type of plate boundary triggers the formation of active volcanoes as magma rises beneath the surface?

Oceanic-to-Oceanic plate boundary triggers the formation of active volcanoes as magma rises beneath the surface.Transform plate boundaries trigger the formation of active volcanoes as magma rises beneath the surface.


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What kind of plate boundary commonly forms a chain of volcanoes?

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Are there earthquakes volcanoes hurricanes and tsunamis at he nazca plate boundary?

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

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What plate boundary formed lake Victoria in Africa?

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What kind of plate boundary causes mountains to form?

The plate boundary that causes mountains to form is called a convergent boundary.


Where do volcanoes errupt the most?

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