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3:1 Volcanoes
Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
Question | Answer |
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erupting vent through which molten rock surfaces; creating and destructing mountains | volcano |
Molten rock beneath the Earth surface. | magma |
magma that flows out onto Earth's surface | lava |
Pacific Ring of Fire (or just The Ring of Fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. | Ring of Fire |
A string of islands formed by the volcanoes along a deep ocean trench | island arc |
An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it | hot spot |