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Volcano

Volcano. Could it happen in your neighborhood?. Three Easy Ways to Form a Volcano (if you are Vulcan, Roman god of fire). Subduction Zone volcanoes: form at boundaries of two overriding plates Mid-ocean rift volcanoes: form at site where two oceanic plates are spreading

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Volcano

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  1. Volcano Could it happen in your neighborhood?

  2. Three Easy Ways to Form a Volcano(if you are Vulcan, Roman god of fire) • Subduction Zone volcanoes: form at boundaries of two overriding plates • Mid-ocean rift volcanoes: form at site where two oceanic plates are spreading • Hot Spot volcanoes: form at an unusually hot, stationary, thermal plume

  3. Subduction Zone Volcanoes

  4. Continental Plate Trench Rising Magma Oceanic plate Mantle Mantle Mantle Mantle Mantle Mantle OuterCore Inner Core

  5. Mid-ocean Rift Volcanoes

  6. Pacific Ocean Ocean Plates Rising Magma Outer Core Inner Core

  7. Hot-Spot Volcanoes

  8. Oahu Hawaii Maui Kauai Pacific Plate Thermal Plume Convection Currents Outer Core

  9. Volcanic Inquisition • How is plate movement connected to volcanoes? • Are all mountains volcanoes? • Why are the Hawaiian Islands in a chain formation?

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