Three Ways Volcanoes Form: B1 Spanish
A B1 Spanish reading on volcanoes at divergent boundaries, subduction zones, and hot spots such as Hawaii.
Tres caminos para formar un volcán
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What you'll learn
Volcano and plate-tectonics vocabulary, passive se, present-tense processes, cuando clauses, mientras, and cautious use of poder.
A source-based Spanish article explaining three settings for volcanism: separating plates, subduction zones, and localized hot spots. It also distinguishes magma from lava and describes volcano monitoring.
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cerca de sus límites
newnear their boundaries
Close to the places where plates meet.
Useful for locating geological activity.
bajo la superficie
newbelow the surface
In a place under the visible exterior.
Useful in earth-science texts.
recibe el nombre de
newis called
It introduces the accepted name for something.
Useful for definitions.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
placas tectónicas
placas tectónicas
tectonic plates
Large moving sections of Earth's outer layer.
Central to understanding where many volcanoes form.
subducción
subducción
subduction
The process in which one tectonic plate moves below another.
A key process in volcano formation.
manto
manto
mantle
The thick layer of Earth below the crust.
Needed to locate magma-forming processes.
magma
magma
magma
Molten rock below Earth's surface.
Essential for understanding volcanoes.
lava
lava
lava
Molten rock that has reached the surface.
Clarifies the difference from magma.
emisiones
emisiones
emissions
Materials such as gases released into the air.
Useful for volcano monitoring.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
se encuentran cerca
se encuentran cerca
are located near
Encontrarse describes where something is located.
Useful for scientific descriptions.
donde dos placas se separan
donde dos placas se separan
where two plates move apart
Donde introduces the place in which the process occurs.
Useful for connecting a process to a place.
puede subir
puede subir
can rise
Poder plus infinitive expresses a possible process.
Keeps the claim cautious.
mientras está bajo la superficie
mientras está bajo la superficie
while it is below the surface
Mientras marks the time during which the name magma applies.
Useful for contrasting stages of a process.
no siempre terminan
no siempre terminan
do not always end
No siempre rejects a general rule without saying it never happens.
Useful for careful scientific claims.
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