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What are the three tyes of volcanoes?
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Cinder-cone volcanoes, Shield volcanoes, and composite volcanoes.
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How are Island arcs formed?
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The magma then rises and forms a chain of volcanoes.
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What is a seismometer?
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It is an instrument that detects Earth's movements.
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What are Hot spots?
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They are extremely hot places deep within Earth's mantle.
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What are calderas?
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They are large circular depression.
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What is rifting?
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It is a process that occurs at divergent plate boundaries.
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