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Tectonics - What are the different types of volcanoes? Flashcards

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What is a Composite volcano?

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They are formed along convergent plate boundaries. They are tall, steep sided cones rising up to several thousand metres.

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What is a Shield volcano?

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They are formed around Divergent plate boundaries and hotspots

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What is a Hotspot?

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Volcanoes that are formed away from plate boundaries

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