Why do volcanoes erupt on earth? Three sentence minimum response.
Geo Info
The tallest volcano in the Solar System is not on Earth
That is right, the tallest volcano in the Solar System is not on Earth at all, but on Mars. Olympus Mons, on Mars,
is a giant shield volcano that rises to an elevation of 27 km, and it measures 550 km across. Scientists think
that Olympus Mons was able to get so large because there aren’t any plate tectonics on Mars. A single hotspot was
able to bubble away for billions of years, building the volcano up bigger and bigger.
St. Clair High School, St. Clair, Missouri
Geology is the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the
processes that act on it
Astronomy is the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
