How are earthquake and volcano locations related to the continents?
The vast majority of earthquakes and volcanoes occur in coastal areas, or on/in the crust on the ocean floor. This is because most are caused by subduction areas, where tectonic plates collide and slide over/under each other. ChaCha!
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Each can be deadly, but the volcano and the earthquake can do...
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What kind of volcano is Mount Vesuvius?
Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Ve...
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Is Mount Spurr a Shield Volcano, Cinder Cone, or Composite Cone?
Mount Spurr is a stratovolcano (composite volcano) in the Ale...
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What are details about the volcano stromboli in italy?
Stromboli is the northeastern most of the Aeolian Islands. St...
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The forces that cause volcanoes are very powerful! These forc...
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What is a very broad volcano with gentle slopes formed from basalt lava flows?
A cinder cone or scoria cone is a steep conical hill of volca...
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The forces that cause volcanoes are very powerful! These forc...
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What is the largest volcano is the solar system?
The largest volcano in the solar system is also the largest m...
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What is the largest volcano on Earth?
Mauna Loa, an active volcano, on Hawaii Island, is the world'...
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There are 6 types of eruptions, Plinian eruption is when a po...
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What is another name for a composite volcano?
Stratovolcano is another word for composite volcano. They bot...
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What type of volcano is crater lake?
Crater Lake is a caldera lake located in Oregon. A caldera is...
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When was the last time the volcano erupted?
The Icelandic Volcano called Eyjafjallajokull began to erupt ...
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Which way does a pyroclastic flow move from a volcano?
Pyroclastic flows are fluidized masses of rock fragments and ...
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What are the signs of an active volcano?
A popular way of classifying magmatic volcanoes is by their f...
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Does a cinder cone volcano shoot out lava?
Cinder Cone Volcano's do shoot out lava. They are the most co...
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What volcano erupted in Washington in 1980?
It occurred in Mount St. Helens. It exploded in a giant, kill...
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What will happen when the yellowstone super volcano erupts?
If Yellowstone's supervolcano erupted today, it would result ...
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When was the last time the volcano erupted?
The Icelandic Volcano called Eyjafjallajokull began to erupt ...
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What kind of lava flow does the Krakatoa volcano have?
The type of lava flow in the volcano Krakatoa is pahoehoe or ...
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What is the name of that volcano in Washington state?
You're probably thinking of Mount St. Helens, which famously ...
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Where are the volcano hot spots?
The places known as hot spots in geology are volcanic regions...
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What is a cinder cone volcano?
Cinder cones are simple volcanoes which have a bowl-shaped cr...
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Composite volcanoes are made up of layers of lava flows, volc...
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What is a hot spot on a volcano?
A hotspot is a place in the middle of a tectonic plate where ...
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What kind of volcano is Mt Saint Helens?
Mt Saint Helens is classified as a Stratovolcano. It's height...
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What is an example of a composite volcano besides Mt St Helens?
Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, Mount Shasta, Mount Fugi, Mount Ma...
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What is a crater in a volcano?
A volcanic crater is a circular depression in the ground caus...
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What is a volcano called when it will no longer erupt please?
A volcano is "dormant" when it is marked by a suspension of a...
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How many volcano's are in the ring of fire?
The Ring of Fire volcanoes are Mount Mayon in the Philippines...
About Volcano
A volcano is an opening in the Earths surface that allows hot lava, magma and ash to escape from below the surface. A volcano can produce a violent, explosive eruption of burning hot lava. The combination of volcanic ash and flowing lava can be devastating to a nearby population.
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