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Science 6: Chap5: l3: Volcanoes: part 1

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  • The diving plate melts in the heat of the ..............
    mantle
  • Magma pushed into a thick sill can form a(n) ..............
    laccolith
  • Where are most of Earth's volcanoes located?
    Plate boundary
  • The melted rock rises within the crust, forming a ............................. that is a hot pool of ma
    hot spot
  • Volcanoes often erupt at places where one plate .................... the other
    sinks under
  • The hot rock sometimes erupts through openings in Earth's surface as a(n) ................
    volcano
  • A string of volcanoes at plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean
    Ring of Fire
  • When magma hardens inside Earth's crust, it can form horizontal ..............
    sills
  • When magma hardens inside Earth's crust, it can form vertical
    dikes
  • Magma that reaches Earth's surface is
    lava