Volcanoes occur in areas where heat from the Earth's interior reaches the surface. There are different types of volcanoes that form in distinct areas around the world. Volcanic activity happens primarily along plate boundaries where tectonic plates are colliding, separating, or sliding past each other, allowing magma from below to erupt at the surface.

1. Volcanoes Fire from within the Earth

2. What is a Volcano? http://www.kidcyber.com.au/IMAGES/volcanoXjup1.jpg

4. Where is it?

6. http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teachers/dtewhey/webquest/nature/plate%20boundaries.htm How do Volcanoes occur? Hot spots Plate boundaries http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/sciences/earthscience/Geology/Earth/StoryPlateTectonics/PlateTectonics/Hotspots/hot_spot.gif