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Rephrased - How do the movements of plate tectonics form different volcanoes?
Plate tectonics form several faults. You can have a subduction fault, where one plate slides under another. These faults more often than not produce stratovolcanoes that erupt explosively and with little to no warning. Stratovolcanoes are formed as a result of crustal melting from crust that was previously the ocean floor, and has melted again in a recycling process. This process heats magma under the fault zone and causes volcanoes to pop up. The west coast of the United states and the Cascade Range is one of these zones.
You can also have spreading plates, like the North American and European plates, which ware moving apart from each other. Iceland is a good example of this spreading which can be observed at Thingvallir. Crustal spreading allows magma to quickly rise to the surface creating eruptions such as fissure vents, lava fields, and cinder cones.
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How do shield volcanoes compare to volcanoes on venus?
the volcanoes on venus are yellow
What is the difference between Compare volcanoes that form on land with volcanoes that form in the ocean.?
Land Volcanoes eat lamas and underwater volcanoes eat camals
How do you compare the eruptions of the Hawaiian volcanoes to the 1980 eruption of Mt Saint Helens?
FALSE
Do volcanoes have little volcanoes on them?
not necessarily but there are other valves for the magma to escape.
Do continental volcanoes contain water vapor and other gases?
All volcanoes emit water vapor and other gases.
How does Kilimanjaro compare to other volcanoes in the region?
It is the largest in Africa.
How do shield volcanoes compare to volcanoes on venus?
the volcanoes on venus are yellow
What is the difference between Compare volcanoes that form on land with volcanoes that form in the ocean.?
Land Volcanoes eat lamas and underwater volcanoes eat camals
How Compare shield volcanoes and composite volcanoes?
Shield Volcanoes - Wide base found at constructive plate margins Composite Volcanoes - Steeper Sides found at Destructive (subduction) margins
Can you predict when volcano?
scientists are almost able to predict volcano eruptions because of all the signs we get that we can compare to what has happened before other volcanoes erupted...
How do volcanoes form in the ring of fire?
Volcanoes can form from other other volcanoes in the ring of fire
How do you compare the eruptions of the Hawaiian volcanoes to the 1980 eruption of Mt Saint Helens?
FALSE
Are there any other volcanoes?
There are volcanoes all over the planet.
Do volcanoes have little volcanoes on them?
not necessarily but there are other valves for the magma to escape.
What type of volcano is the tallest?
Cone volcanoes are typically the tallest and largest. The two other types of volcanoes are shield volcanoes and composite volcanoes.
How do volcanoes on Hawaii compare to ones on land?
From their bottoms on the ocean floor to their peaks, the Hawaiian volcanoes are the tallest in the world - even taller than Mount Everest. That is the main difference.
Compare and contrast composite and shield volcanos?
Shield Volcanoes - Wide base found at constructive plate margins Composite Volcanoes - Steeper Sides found at Destructive (subduction) margins
