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Restless Earth- Fold mountains & Volcanoes
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- 1Where is the ring of fire (around which ocean?)The Pacific Ocean
- 2At which plate boundaries do volcanoes occur?Constructive and destructive
- 3What is the name of the range mountains that are formed due to the nazca plate being subducted by the South American plate?The Andes
- 4What is formed when the plate melts?Magma
- 5What is a fold mountain?Where one plate is pushing into another plate forcing the rocks up into a great fold
- 6What is a volcano?A place where magma escapes through the earths crust to reach a surface
- 7There is 3 names a volcano is given to describe whether it is erupting, what are they?Extinct- it hasn't erupted for a long time, and is unlikely to again
Dormant- it's sleeping, but may erupt again
Active- it's erupted recently and is likely to erupt again
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- GCSE Physical Geography Flashcards on Restless Earth- Fold mountains & Volcanoes, created by taylor2em on 03/06/2013.
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