Volcanoes

Volcanoes are located along ___________ and __________ plate boundaries. They can be found in the middle of plates at _________.

• convergent

• divergent

• hot spots

• transform

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_______ can be created when temperature rises, pressure lowers, or water is added.

• Volcanoes

• Magma

• Hot Springs

• Geysers

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Volcanoes may be

• active

• dormant

• extinct

• alive

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Many of the world's volcanoes are the result of subduction at a __________ plate boundary.

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

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The Ring of Fire is the result of the Pacific plate being subducted and is the location of most of Earth's active volcanoes.

• True

• False

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The volcanoes lining the North Pacific states are among the world's most dangerous. They result from the subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate. What type of volcano makes up the Cascade Range?

• Composite

• Shield

• Cinder Cone

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Most of the volcanoes associated with divergent boundaries lie beneath the ocean. One exception is the found in which nation?

• Norway

• Philipines

• Iceland

• Guam

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Hotspot volcanoes are better able to penetrate oceanic crust than continental crust. As a result, we see many more hotspot volcanoes in the oceans. Why is this?

• Oceanic crust is thicker.

• Oceanic crust is thinner.

• Continental crust is thicker.

• Continental crust is thinner.

Relative to the Hawaiian hotspot, where in the chain is the youngest?

• The largest island to the southeast is younger.

• The smallest island to the northwest is younger.

• They're all around the same relative age.

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_____ lavas are more viscous and erupt explosively.

• Felsic

• Mafic