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General Info.
Volcanoes are feared by many people and can destroy everything in it's path. Volcanoes are being formed every where and are making more land. Volcanoes are formed by one plate being pushed under another and lava making its way up to the surface. Places known for having volcanoes are places like Hawaii And under the ocean. The Ring of Fire is also a well known place for volcanoes. A way to find out when a volcano is going to erupt is right before it erupts magma goes into the magma chamber. Lava is the name of the melted rock after erupted, before it is called magma.
Volcanoes are located on almost all of the plates. Plates are moving Masses of ocean and land and are the cause for us not having pangea any more. The plates are constantly moving and creating volcanoes and earthquakes. Lava eventually cools into rock and new land is formed while at the same time new ocean floor is being created. It is a constant cycle with rock it goes from magma to sedimentary to metamorphic to magma again.
The volcanoes in Hawaii are erupted in a certain order the plate moves the lava goes under one at a time and the one its under it erupts. The magma in the volcanoes was melted by pressure caused by overlaying rocks. The movement of plates also causes the melting of rocks.next page