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Hot Spot Volcanoes
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Where do most volcanoes occur?
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On plate boundaries, the Ring of Fire, and trenches.
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Where do most volcanoes occur?
On plate boundaries, the Ring of Fire, and trenches.
Name three types of volcanoes.
Shield (quiet)
Cinder (explosive)
Composite/Stratovolcano (quiet or explosive)
Where do hot spot volcanoes occur?
Hot Spot Volcanoes Occur Anywhere.
How do hotspots work?
• Mantle Plume (hot spot) is fixed
• Plate slides over the plume of magma
• Plume of magma burns a hole in the plate and forms a volcano.
What moves the plates over the hotspot?
Convection Currents