vocabulary
Hot Spot
An area where magma from deep within the mantle melts through the crust above it.
ISLAND ARC-
A string of volcanoes that form as the result of subduction of one oceanic plate beneath a second oceanic plate
LAVA-
Liquid magma that reaches the surface
MAGMA-
The molten mixture of rock forming substances gases, and water from the mantle
VOLCANO-
A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface
RING OF FIRE
A major belt of volcanoes that rims the pacific ocean