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HOTSPOTS are a place on the earth's crust in the middle of a tectonic plate where volcanoes get formed rapidly.

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How do volcanoes takes place?

Volcanoes are essentially holes in the earths surface through which magma and lava can erupt. when pressure builds up below the earths crust, magma is then forced violently out of the volcanoes.


Why volcanoes are commonly found of the edges of earths moving plate?

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


How and why does the earths crust vary from place to place?

The earths crust its 5-70km deep in the ocean and upto 100km deep at mountain ranges. At certain areas, the crust is unstable due to moving plate tectonics.


How and why does the earths crust varies from place to place?

The earths crust its 5-70km deep in the ocean and upto 100km deep at mountain ranges. At certain areas, the crust is unstable due to moving plate tectonics.


Why does the erosion take place in the crust?

Erosion happens in the earths crust and it happens because of that layer is exposed to that weather


What is the place where the oceanic crust is forced under the continental crust?

This is called a subduction zone.


What is one type of plate boundary where volcanoes might form?

There are divergent boundries which causes Shield Volcanoes(an ocean volcano) and there a subducting boundries which causes a composite volcano(land volcano) there is also a cinder cone but that is made from a magma chamber(a place where magma is stored beneath the volcano and in the earths crust) explodes from being overfilled and layers upon layers form.


What is the name of the layer of earth where volcanoes form?

Volcanoes form in the lithosphere, specifically in the layer known as the asthenosphere. This layer is located beneath the Earth's crust and consists of partially molten rock that allows for the movement of tectonic plates and the formation of volcanic activity.


Is the focus of an earthquake the location inside the earths crust where the seismic event originally takes place?

yes couldnt say it better myself


What place in the world do volcanoes occur?

Volcanoes occur in areas where tectonic plates meet, such as the Pacific Ring of Fire which includes countries like Indonesia, Japan, and the west coast of the Americas. They can also be found along mid-ocean ridges where new crust is being formed.


Does Jupiter have extinct volcanoes?

No, it never has volcanoes in the first place.


Where in the earths crust must a mineral occur?

A mineral must occur in the Earth's crust, which is the outermost layer of the Earth. This layer extends from the surface down to about 50 kilometers deep. Minerals are typically formed through geological processes in the crust, making this layer the most common place to find them.