F1
Lesson Summary
Vocabulary Link
- magma
- magma chamber
- lava
- vent
- volcano
- crater
- hot spot
- island arc
- seamount
- Volcanoes are formed as a result of molten rock (magma) from the mantle reaching the Earth’s surface.
- Volcanoes are located primarily on tectonic plate boundaries.
- Both convergent and divergent plates can form volcanoes.
- Volcanoes that occur away from plate boundaries are due to stationary plumes of hot mantle rock known as "hot spots."