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Volcano Guided Reading with answers
a weak spot in the crust where molten material or magma comes to the surface
Magma
lava
a major volcanic belt formed by the many volcanoes that rim the Pacific Ocean
Divergent boundaries near the mid ocean ridge
Convergent boundaries where subduction takes place
along a rift valley lava pours out of cracks in the ocean floor, building new mountains
True
True
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Volcano Guided Reading with answers
When the older denser plate sinks beneath a deep ocean trench into the mantle, some of the rock above the plate melts and forms magma. The magma is less dense and rises toward the surface, eventually breaking through to the surface.
Island arc
Any three: Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Aleutians, The Caribbean islands.
an area where material from within the mantle rises and then melts through the crust above it.
They formed over millions of years as the Pacific plate drifted over hot spots.
False
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