Volcano Formation
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Natalie Broome
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17 Slides • 10 Questions
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Volcanoes
How do they form?
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Where Volcanoes Form
Subduction Zone
Mid - Ocean Ridge (Seafloor Spreading)
Hot Spots
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Plates Converge/Collide (Video)
Oceanic Pushes Under Continental
Subduction Zone
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Mount St. Helens
Juan de Fuca Plate Subducts North American Plate
Cascade Mountain Range
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Mount Fuji (Video)
Pacific & Philippine Plates Subduct Eurasian Plate
Tallest Mountain in Japan
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Hot Spots
Hot Magma Burns a Hole in the Plate
Creates an Opening for Magma to Escape to Earth's Surface
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Hawaiian Islands
Hot Plume of Magma Burns Hole in Crust
Magma Rises and Hardens Into New Rock
Plate Moves and Another Hole is Burned
Reason for Chain of Islands
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Yellowstone (Video)
Plume of Hot Magma Under Crust
Last Eruption Formed Large Caldera
Series of Calderas from Movement of Plate
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Plates Diverge
Plates Pull Apart
Magma Rises Between the Plates and Hardens into New Rock
Mid-Ocean Ridges - Seafloor Spreading
Rifts - Valleys Dotted with Volcanoes
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Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Underwater Volcanoes Where Plates Pull Apart
Add New Land to Ocean Floor
Plates Continue to Spread - Seafloor Spreading
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Rifts (Video)
Plates Pull Apart on Land
Creates Valleys Dotted with Volcanoes
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Volcanoes
How do they form?
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