Write a paragraph to explain the pattern of volcanoes around the world.

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They mostly follow the boundaries of tectonic plates, which are generally along the edges of continents. If you want to be even more specific, the "Ring of Fire" around the Pacific plate has the most.
Volcanoes form as a plate that is subducted (an oceanic plate) melts in the Benioff Zone, the lower part of the Subduction Zone, forming viscous andesitic magma. The magma is less dense than the surroundings and so rises to form magma reservoirs near the surface. This magma then forms a volcano, which may erupt when more of the plate melts. In the same place, when one plate is subducted beneath another, enormous vibrations are generated which causes an earthquake

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INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. Ensure that your answers are underlined and bold.

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Oceanic, Seafloor Spreading, Submarine Volcanic, Rift Valleys, Great african

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DIVERGENT PLATE MARGIN (Also known as a constructive boundary or an extensional boundary)

Here two plates moves __away__________from each other. Molten rock, or magma, immediately rises to fill any possible gap and forms new oceanic crust. When this happens underwater, it is described as seafloor spreading. Huge underwater submarine volcanic ranges are formed from magma coming up from the mantle. Over time these submarine volcanoes may become large enough to reach the surface .eg. Iceland in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Where plates move apart on land, rift valleys are formed. An example of this is the Great African Rift Valley.

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