Question

what role do you think volcanoes have played in the formation of earth's surface features as they exist today?

Answer 1

Answer:

Volcanoes have played an important role in the formation of the Earth's surface features by providing it with hilly and mountainous terrains, surface undulations and depressions.

Explanation:

• The eruptions and cooling of volcanoes provided the Earth with required undulations that are necessary for the formation of natural valleys and hills.

• The volcanic dust also helped the surface soil become more fertile and favorable for the growth of more and more plant species.

• Moreover, volcanoes also helped by bringing to the top the minerals existent in the lower inaccessible layers of the Earth's crust.

Answer 2

Underwater volcanoes have created new islands from cooled lava; land volcanoes could create new structures and formations from this lava.